Tobias Hysén

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Tobias Hysén
Tobias Hysen in IFK Goteborg.jpg
Tobias Hysén in June 2016
Personal information
Full name Glenn Tobias Hysén
Date of birth (1982-03-09) 9 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
Utsiktens BK (U17 coach)
Youth career
Ubbhults IF
Lundby IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998 Lundby IF 2 (0)
1999–2003 BK Häcken 66 (13)
2004–2006 Djurgårdens IF 65 (17)
2006–2007 Sunderland 26 (4)
2007–2013 IFK Göteborg 172 (69)
2014–2015 Shanghai SIPG 54 (31)
2016–2018 IFK Göteborg 79 (20)
2019–2023 Kungsbacka City 44 (28)
2022–2023Tvååkers IF (loan) 0 (0)
Total508(182)
International career
2000 Sweden U18 4 (0)
2002–2004 Sweden U21 13 (2)
2005–2014 Sweden 34 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glenn Tobias Hysén (born 9 March 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Starting his career with Lundby IF in 1998, he went on to represent BK Häcken, Djurgårdens IF, Sunderland, IFK Göteborg, and Shanghai SIPG before retiring in 2018. A full international between 2005 and 2014, Hysén won 34 caps and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at UEFA Euro 2012.

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He is the son of former professional footballer Glenn Hysén.

Early life

Hysén was born to parents Kerstin, a surgical nurse, and Liverpool and IFK Göteborg player Glenn Hysén. 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, Alexander and Anton, and one half-sister, Annie. [1]

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 Gothenburg, Sweden and Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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 Lundby IF where he stood for four years.

BK Häcken

In 1999, he signed with BK Häcken where he spent a total of five seasons. [2]

Djurgårdens IF

He joined Djurgården from BK Häcken in 2004, and signed a contract until 2008. [3] During his time with Djurgården, he won Allsvenskan, 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 Sunderland, for £1.7 million. Hysén had an immediate impact on his first start for the club, against West Bromwich Albion, creating the second goal, and generally impressing. Under Roy Keane, however, Hysen was often overlooked for Ross Wallace. Despite this, Hysen scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Leicester City, at the Stadium of Light, 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. [4]

IFK Göteborg

On 25 August 2007, Hysén completed his move to IFK Göteborg for an undisclosed fee. [5] Thus becoming the fifth member of his family to play for the club. [6] In 2009, he scored 18 goals, making him the top scorer of Allsvenskan alongside Brazilian 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 Mathias Ranégie who scored 21 goals.

Tobias Hysén have been considered to be one of the best active players in the Swedish football league. [7] [8] Many have been surprised by Hyséns dedication to stay with IFK Göteborg. [9] In 2010, he turned down an offer from Belgian top club Club Brugge, and instead signed a new 4-year deal with Göteborg. [10]

Shanghai SIPG

Hysén signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Shanghai Dongya in the 2013–2014 winter transfer window. [11] 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. [12]

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. [13] At the end of the 2018 season, Hysén retired from professional football. [14]

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 Spain 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 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. [15]

Senior

In January 2005, he made his international debut in a friendly against South Korea. [16]

Hysén got a sudden call-up for Sweden's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game against Malta, due to the recent death of the brother of Henrik Larsson, for which Larsson got permission to leave the squad. He was later called up for a few exhibition games with the national team, but was often overlooked for Marcus Berg and/or Alexander Gerndt when it came to more important games, mainly due to the fact that they played on a higher level in their club teams.[ citation needed ]

As of 2011, and in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying games, Hysén was called up regularly by the new national team coach Erik Hamrén, having played 7 games and scored 6 goals. Hysén represented Sweden at Euro 2012. [17]

On 15 October 2013, he scored two goals in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 3–5 loss against Germany. [18]

He made his last and 34th international appearance in a friendly against Estonia on 4 September 2014. [19]

Personal life

Hysén is the son of the former IFK Göteborg, PSV Eindhoven, Fiorentina, and Liverpool defender Glenn Hysén. He and his longtime girlfriend Maria Kaspersson reside in Göteborg with their son Lucas, who was born on 20 January 2008. [20] He is also a member of the Långaryd family, the largest documented family by Guinness Book of Records. In 2009, Tobias along with his father and two brothers blogged for the Aftonbladet, primarily about football. [21] In March 2011, Hysén's younger brother Anton came out openly as gay, and Hysén stated that he supported his brother and hoped more players would come forth. [22] [23] He is the great-grandson of Erik Hysén. [24]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lundby IF 1998 Division 1 Södra 2020
Total2000000020
BK Häcken 1999 Division 1 Södra0000
2000 Allsvenskan 1010
2001 Allsvenskan131131
2002 Superettan 257257
2003 Superettan275275
Total66130000006613
Djurgården 2004 Allsvenskan2536263324010
2005 Allsvenskan2595220623813
2006 Allsvenskan1553220642611
Total651714610315810434
Sunderland 2006–07 Championship 26410274
Total264100000274
IFK Göteborg 2007 Allsvenskan6161
2008 Allsvenskan3044010354
2009 Allsvenskan27184321103422
2010 Allsvenskan22101120102611
2011 Allsvenskan2916333219
2012 Allsvenskan30610316
2013 Allsvenskan281478203722
Total1726916151013020185
Shanghai SIPG 2014 Chinese Super League 2819002819
2015 Chinese Super League2612102712
Total5431105531
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan281031733814
2017 Allsvenskan30950359
2018 Allsvenskan21140241
Total7920121739824
Career total4641544422277188553191

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [18]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200530
200620
200700
200800
200950
201020
201164
201253
201383
201430
Total3410

International goals [18]

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 January 2011 Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1–11–1 Friendly
2.8 February 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, CyprusFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–02–0 Cyprus International Football Tournament
3.10 August 2011 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, UkraineFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–01–0Friendly
4.6 September 2011 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San MarinoFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 5–05–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.18 January 2012 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, QatarFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1–02–0Friendly
6.23 January 2012 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, QatarFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3–05–0Friendly
7.5–0
8.26 January 2013 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, ThailandFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–03–0 2013 King's Cup
9.15 October 2013 Friends Arena, Stockholm, SwedenFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–03–5 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10.3–4

Honours

Djurgården [25]
Sunderland
IFK Göteborg

Individual

Notes

  1. "Stjärnintervju: Tobias Hysén" (in Swedish). textalk.com. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Tobias Hysén hånas av Häckenfansen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 7 August 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. "Hysén till Djurgården – blir klar i dag". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 18 December 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. "Winger Hysen departs Sunderland". BBC Sport. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  5. "Hysen moves to Gothenburg". Sunderland AFC. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  6. "Femte generationen Hysen på plats" (in Swedish). ifkgoteborg.se. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  7. "Hysén – spelarnas val" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. "Wesström mot väggen – Därför är Hysén bäst" (in Swedish). fotbollskanalen.se. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  9. "Tobias Hysén efter det nya kontraktet: "Det kändes inte helt rätt med Brügge"". svenskafans.com.
  10. Offside No. 6 2011-11-11
  11. Genborg, Linda (6 January 2014). "Hysén to Shanghai". Göteborg Daily. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  12. Kendall, Ben (7 April 2015). "Hysén extends Shanghai contract". Göteborg Daily. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  13. "Hysén: "Underbart att vara tillbaka"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  14. Göteborg/TT, P4 (9 September 2018). "Tobias Hysén slutar i Blåvitt". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 July 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. "uefa.com – UEFA European U-21 C'ship". archive.is. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  16. "Herrlandslagets spelare 2006" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  17. "Här är den svenska EM-truppen". Sveriges Radio. 14 May 2012.
  18. 1 2 3 "Tobias Hysén – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  19. "Sverige – Estland – Matchfakta – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  20. "Tobias Hyséns sköna pappalycka" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  21. "– Vad är en blogg för nåt?" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  22. "Hysén: Därför kommer jag ut nu" (in Swedish). gp.se. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  23. "Anton Hysén, 20: Jag är homosexuell" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  24. "Titta – en son talang..." aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 19 December 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  25. "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF) (in Swedish). DIF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.
  26. "Alla 47 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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