Anton Hysén

Anton Hysén (born December 13, 1990) is a Swedish football player who plays in the Swedish fourth division for Utsiktens BK, which is coached by his father Glenn Hysén. Anton is a former member of the Swedish national under-17 association football team and was given a trainee contract with BK Häcken from 2007 to 2009, but was hindered by injuries and instead joined Utsiktens BK, for whom he plays in his third season. He was previously a member of Torslanda IK. His older brothers are football players Tobias Hysén and Alexander Hysén.

Anton came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011 The Daily Mail has described Anton as the "first high-profile Swedish footballer to announce that he is gay" and as the second professional football player to come out, after English footballer Justin Fashanu in 1990. The BBC called him "a global one-off"

Anton was profiled on TV4 on March 9, 2011, in a program moderated by Lennart Ekdal titled "Får även bögar spela fotboll?" ("Can homosexuals play football too?")

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Anton Hysen Encourages Gay Youth To Be Themselves By On Top Magazine

Swedish footballer (European soccer) Anton Hysen encourages gay youth to be themselves in a behind-the-scenes look at an upcoming photo spread for UK gay glossy Attitude.

Hysen, the son of former Liverpool defender Gleen Hysen, announced he's gay in March during an interview with the football magazine Offside, just weeks after English cricketer Steven Davies made a similar announcement.

The 20-year-old Utsiktens BK player is the first high-profile Swedish football player to announce that he is gay. He joins several top European athletes who have publicly outed themselves during their careers, including 24-year-old Davies and Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas, who came out gay nearly two years ago.

“For the young people that are worried to come out I just have really this to say,” Hysen said in the 1-minute-25-second video. “Just be yourself. Step up. Do not let anybody like take you down or step on you for anything.”

“Just be yourself, that's all that matters,” he added. “They don't like it, then doesn't matter, it's about yourself and being comfortable in [sic] yourself.”