Tobias Hysén

Glenn Tobias Hysén (born 9 March 1982) is a Swedish former footballer who last played for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg as a forward.[1][2] Hysén won 34 caps for the Sweden national team, and represented them at UEFA Euro 2012.

Tobias Hysén
Personal information
Full name Glenn Tobias Hysén
Date of birth (1982-03-09) 9 March 1982
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward / Winger
Youth career
Ubbhults IF
Lundby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 458 (154)
National team
2000 Sweden U18 4 (0)
2002–2004 Sweden U21 13 (2)
2005–2014 Sweden 34 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is the son of 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.[3]

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.

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.

Career

In 2002, he signed with BK Häcken where he played 53 matches and scored 12 goals in one season.

Djurgårdens IF

He joined Djurgården in 2004, and signed a contract until 2008. 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 team mate 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

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.

Career statistics
As of match played 27 June 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lundby IF 1998 Division 1 Södra2020
Total2000000020
BK Häcken 1999 Division 1 Södra0000
2000 Allsvenskan1010
2001131131
2002 Superettan257257
2003275275
Total66130000006613
Djurgården 2004 Allsvenskan2536263324010
20052595220623813
20061553220642611
Total651714610315810434
Sunderland 2006–07 Championship26410274
Total264100000274
IFK Göteborg 2007 Allsvenskan6161
20083044010354
200927184321103422
201022101120102611
20112916333219
201230610316
2013281478203722
Total1726916151013020185
Shanghai SIPG F.C. 2014 Chinese Super League281900——2819
2015 Chinese Super League261210——2712
Total543110——5531
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan 28 10 3 1 7 3 — 38 14
2017 30 9 5 0 — — 35 9
2018 21 1 4 0 — — 24 1
Total 79 20 12 1 7 3 — 98 24
Career total4641544422277188553191

International career

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.

In January 2005, he made his international debut in a friendly against South Korea.[14]

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.

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.[15]

International goals

Tobias Hysén scored his first goal for the national team against South Africa, he scored the 1–1 goal in a game that ended with a 1–1 draw for the Swedish team.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 January 2011Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa South Africa1–11–1Friendly
2.8 February 2011GSP Stadium, Nicosia , Cyprus Cyprus0–10–2Friendly1
3.10 August 2011Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine Ukraine0–10–1Friendly
4.6 September 2011Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino0–40–5UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
5.18 January 2012Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar Bahrain1–02–0Friendly
6.23 January 2012Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar0–30–5Friendly
7.23 January 2012Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar0–50–5Friendly
8.26 January 2013700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand Finland1–03–0King's Cup
9.15 October 2013Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Germany1–03–52014 World Cup qualifier
10.15 October 2013Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Germany3–43–52014 World Cup qualifier
Notes

1 Cyprus Four Nations Football Tournament 2011

Honours

Club
Djurgården
Sunderland
IFK Göteborg

Individual

Personal life

Hysén is the son of the former IFK Göteborg, PSV Eindhoven, Fiorentina, and Liverpool defender Glenn Hysén. has lived with his longtime girlfriend Maria Kaspersson. The couple reside in Göteborg with their son Lucas who was born on 20 January 2008.[17] He is also a member of the Långaryd family, the largest documented family by Guinness Book of Records.

In March 2011 Tobias' brother Anton came out openly as a homosexual,[18] Tobias stated that he supported his brother and hoped more players would come forth.[19]

Tobias along with his father and two brothers blogs for the Aftonbladet primarily about football.[20] The blog sometimes focuses on handball and ice hockey.

Notes
  1. https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/hysen-har-gjort-sin-sista-match-i-blavitt---missar-motet-med-orebro/
  2. "Tusen tack och lycka till, Tobbe" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. "Stjärnintervju: Tobias Hysén" (in Swedish). textalk.com. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  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). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  14. "Herrlandslagets spelare 2006" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 17 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
  15. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=179&artikel=5107496
  16. http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf
  17. "Tobias Hyséns sköna pappalycka" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  18. "Anton Hysén, 20: Jag är homosexuell" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  19. "Hysén: Därför kommer jag ut nu" (in Swedish). gp.se. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  20. "– Vad är en blogg för nåt?" (in Swedish). aftonbladet.se. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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