Glenn Tobias Hysén (born 9 March 1982) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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or as a winger. Starting his career with

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in 1998, he went on to represent

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, and

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before retiring in 2018. A full international between 2005 and 2014, Hysén won 34

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and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at

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. He is the son of former professional footballer

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 ...

Early life

Hysén was born to parents Kerstin, a surgical nurse, and

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and

player

. Hysén has a sister, Charlotte who is three years younger than him. Shortly after, his parents divorced and his father remarried. He has two half-brothers,

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and

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, and one half-sister, Annie. As a child, Hysén spent his early childhood moving around due to his father's football career. Prior to his parents' divorce, Hysén lived in

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, Sweden and

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Club career

Early career

The first club he played for was Ubbhult IF because his cousin played there. Hysén only played for the team between 1986 and 1988. The next club he played for was Lindholmens BK because that is where he lived at the time. In 1995, Hysén played for

where he stood for four years.

BK Häcken

In 1999, he signed with

where he spent a total of five seasons.

Djurgårdens IF

He joined

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from BK Häcken in 2004, and signed a contract until 2008. During his time with Djurgården, he won

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, the Swedish top division, in 2005. He is left-footed, and started off as a left-winger but, during his time in Djurgården, he would occasionally play as a striker, and since coming back home to Sweden and IFK Göteborg he has mainly been playing as a striker, though he is mostly used as a winger when playing for the national team.

Sunderland

On 23 August 2006, Tobias signed a deal to join

, for £1.7 million. Hysén had an immediate impact on his first start for the club, against

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, creating the second goal, and generally impressing. Under

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, however, Hysen was often overlooked for

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. Despite this, Hysen scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with

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, at the

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, just minutes after being brought on as a substitute. Coincidentally, he netted the opener in the Black Cats' 2–0 win at Leicester on New Year's Day 2007. In late July 2007, it was revealed that Tobias had requested a move back to his native Sweden. He claimed that he and his girlfriend had never really settled in Sunderland.

IFK Göteborg

On 25 August 2007, Hysén completed his move to

for an undisclosed fee. Thus becoming the fifth member of his family to play for the club. In 2009, he scored 18 goals, making him the top scorer of

alongside

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ian player Wánderson do Carmo. Hysén suffered a series of minor injuries through his 2010 season which prevented him from ever reaching the top of his game, though he still managed to produce 10 goals before ending the season. Tobias kept up a great scoring record as he ended the 2011 season scoring 16 goal in 29 games, making him the second best goalscorer of Allsvenskan 2011. He was succeeded by former teammate

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who scored 21 goals. Tobias Hysén have been considered to be one of the best active players in the Swedish football league. Many have been surprised by Hyséns dedication to stay with

. In 2010, he turned down an offer from Belgian top club

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, and instead signed a new 4-year deal with Göteborg.

Shanghai SIPG

Hysén signed a two-year contract with

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side Shanghai Dongya in the 2013–2014 winter transfer window. In his first season, he scored 19 goals and made 10 assists in 28 matches. In April 2015, he agreed to a contract extension of a further two years.

Return to IFK Göteborg and retirement

On 26 January 2016, Hysén announced that he would return to IFK Göteborg on a 3-year contract ahead of the 2016 Allsvenskan season. At the end of the 2018 season, Hysén retired from professional football.

International career

Youth

Hysén began his international career in 2002 when he played for Sweden's U21 where he continued to play until 2004. In November 2003, Hysén had a noticeably spectacular performance against

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in a U-21 qualification game. Sweden landed a 3–1 victory against Spain which consequently placed them in the U21 Championships in Germany in 2004. He was part of the Sweden U21 team that finished fourth at the

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Senior

In January 2005, he made his international debut in a friendly against

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. Hysén got a sudden call-up for Sweden's

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game against

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, due to the recent death of the brother of

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, for which Larsson got permission to leave the squad. He was later called up for a few

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s with the national team, but was often overlooked for

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and/or

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when it came to more important games, mainly due to the fact that they played on a higher level in their club teams. As of 2011, and in the

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games, Hysén was called up regularly by the new national team coach

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, having played 7 games and scored 6 goals. Hysén represented Sweden at

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. On 15 October 2013, he scored two goals in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 3–5 loss against

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. He made his last and 34th international appearance in a friendly against

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on 4 September 2014.

Personal life

Hysén is the son of the former

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, and

defender

. He and his longtime girlfriend Maria Kaspersson reside in Göteborg with their son Lucas, who was born on 20 January 2008. He is also a member of the Långaryd family, the largest documented family by

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. In 2009, Tobias along with his father and two brothers blogged for the

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, primarily about football. In March 2011, Hysén's younger brother

came out openly as

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, and Hysén stated that he supported his brother and hoped more players would come forth. He is the great-grandson of Erik Hysén.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.''

Honours

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;Sunderland *

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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Individual *

Årets Järnkamin Årets Järnkamin ''(literally Iron Stove of the Year)'' is an award given to a Djurgårdens IF player, or coach, voted by the members of the official supporter club Järnkaminerna (The Iron Stoves). A person whom they felt represented the core val ...

* Swedish Newcomer of the Year:

* Allsvenskan Player of the Season:

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

top scorer:

Forward of the Season:

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