Antonio Hysén (born Glenn Anton Hysén 13 December 1990) is a Swedish

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who plays as a defender.

Football career

He was given a trainee contract with

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

from 2007 to 2009, but was hindered by injuries and instead joined

Utsiktens BK The Utsiktens BK is a Swedish football club located in Västra Frölunda, near Gothenburg. Background Since their foundation in 1935 Utsiktens BK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. ...

in 2010 after spending the spring of 2010 at

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. In 2014, he played with the American fourth division team

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. In 2015, he signed with

Torslanda IK Torslanda IK is a local sports club in Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden. History Torslanda IK was founded in 1944 by Anders Tullock, Bengt Tullock and Erik Danielsson. In the 1950s the sports club created sections for football, table tennis, h ...

Personal life

Hysén is the son of former Swedish international

Glenn Hysén Glenn Ingvar Hysén (; born 30 October 1959) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with IFK Göteborg in 1978, he went on represent PSV Eindhoven, Fiorentina, and Liverpool before retiring ...

, and was born in

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, when his father was playing for

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Antonio Hysén came out as

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to the Swedish football magazine ''Offside'' in March 2011. The

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called him "a global one-off". Hysén was profiled on Swedish broadcaster

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on 9 March 2011, in a debate show moderated by

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titled ''Får även bögar spela fotboll?'' ("Can gays play football too?"). As of 2011, he worked part-time as a construction worker. His older brothers are football players

Tobias Hysén Glenn Tobias Hysén (born 9 March 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Starting his career with Lundby IF in 1998, he went on to represent BK Häcken, Djurgårdens IF, Sunderland, IFK Götebo ...

(half-brother) and Alexander Hysén. He won the seventh season of '' Let's Dance'', being the first openly gay person to win this competition. He is the great-grandson of Erik Hysén.

References

External links

Torslanda IK official website
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