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Anton Hysén (born December 13, 1990) is a Swedish football player who plays in the Swedish fourth division[3] forUtsiktens 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,[4] 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.[5]

Personal lifeAnton came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011.[5] 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.[6][2] The BBC called him "a global one-off".[7]

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?").[8]

Anton works part-time as a construction worker.[2

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