{"id":3165,"date":"2011-03-10T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2011-03-10T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:32:04","slug":"swede-of-the-week-anton-hysen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swede-of-the-week-anton-hysen\/","title":{"rendered":"Swede of the week: Anton Hys\u00e9n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/e955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82.jpg\" aria-label=\"E955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82 300x162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3166\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/e955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82-300x162.jpg\"><\/a>A footballer is all over the news in Sweden at the moment and believe it ot not, it is not Milan-star Zlatan Ibrahimovich. Instead, all light is shining on\u00a0Anton Hys\u00e9n this week, a 20 year old player in the second division, the son of former Liverpool and Fiorentina legend Glenn Hys\u00e9n and brother of ex Sunderland striker Tobias Hys\u00e9n. And why has Anton made the headlines? Has he scored some unbelievably amazing goal? No. Has he been sold for billions to Barcelona? Nope. The simple reason why Anton is everywhere this week is that he&#8217;s made something that no other professional male\u00a0footballer in Sweden ever has done before. Ever. Anton has openly declared his homosexuality.\u00a0He chose the Swedish football magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offside.org\/\">Offside <\/a>to come out and the media interest and support for the 20-year old has been massive!\u00a0Most of it has been very positive and\u00a0for the majority up there, Anton is\u00a0hailed as a hero and a rule model. It&#8217;s just so incredibly sad that\u00a0\u00a0his brave decision might have a damaging affect on his career &#8211; in the year 2011, in open minded and accepting Sweden:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dThere are many people who can&#8217;t handle homosexuals. And there are racists who can&#8217;t handle immigrants. It may happen that a club shows interest and then the trainer finds out that I am gay and they change their mind. But that is their problem, not mine,\u201d <\/em>he told Offside.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish Football Association\u00a0are now hoping\u00a0that more gay footballers would be encouraged to talk openly about their sexuality and\u00a0that more will follow in his footsteps. \u00a0Surely, Anton Hys\u00e9n\u00a0can&#8217;t be the only one among\u00a0 the thousands of\u00a0Swedish professional football players during\u00a0the past 86 years? Or, as he puts it himself:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s mental. It&#8217;s so f***ed up. Where are all the others?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read journalist Simon Bank&#8217;s column about Anton Hys\u00e9n\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogg.aftonbladet.se\/bankoniva\/2011\/03\/big-gay-heart-iii\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Peter Widing\/Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/e955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82-350x190.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/e955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82-350x190.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/e955aa6ffbc07177225db580c3bd82.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A footballer is all over the news in Sweden at the moment and believe it ot not, it is not Milan-star Zlatan Ibrahimovich. 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