Anton Hysén


Glenn Anton Hysén is a Swedish footballer who plays in the Swedish Football Division 2 for Torslanda IK, as a defender.

Football career

He is a former member of the Swedish under-17 team and was given a trainee contract with BK Häcken from 2007 to 2009, but was hindered by injuries and instead joined Utsiktens BK in 2010.
In 2014, he played with the American fourth division team Myrtle Beach FC. In 2015, he signed with Torslanda IK.

Personal life

Anton is the son of former Swedish international Glenn Hysén, and was born in Liverpool, when his father was playing for Liverpool. Anton Hysén came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011. The BBC called him "a global one-off".
Hysén was profiled on Swedish broadcaster TV4 on March 9, 2011, in a debate show moderated by Lennart Ekdal titled Får även bögar spela fotboll?.
As of 2011, he worked part-time as a construction worker.
His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén and Alexander Hysén. He won the seventh season of Let's Dance, being the first openly gay person to win this competition.