Swedish pro-footballer Anton Hysén come out

[puako_alam]

Good question, huh?

20 year old Swedish pro-footballer Anton Hysén has come out in the latest edition of Swedish football magazine Offside.
He is the first male professional football player in Sweden to talk openly about his sexual orientation: "It's crazy when you think about it. That is so fucked up, everything. Where the hell is everyone else? Not one single football player has come out before."

Anton Hysén is still targeting to return to elite football, but fears that his homosexuality could get in the way: "Yes, I think so. There are people who can not stand gays. And there are racists who can not stand immigrants. A club may be interested in me, but you get once the coach finds out that I'm gay, that may change their perception. But then that is their problem, not mine" ,he trells Offside.

Well done, Anton!

Source (IN SWEDISH)

 

[little_dreamer]

So hot!

 

[chazhanes]

i think its very brave for him to come out but it will be hard for him to find a good club since most of those players have negative views of gays!

 

[Sauron]

Finally a footballer brave enough to declare himself!

 

[RussianVers]

Good for him. There are still no openly gay team sports athletes - who are still active. Hell, most of the retired ones are still in the closet. (Hello Mike Piazza.)

 

[pjenpow]

Fair play to him, for being for one of the brave one's to come out

 

[crystal87]

Cool!

 

[leprsavko]

Finally a footballer brave enough to declare himself!

Brave or :thinking:

 

[upm1182]

nice

 

[flopfan]

Good for him!!

 

[rebornme40]

He should be a role model.

 

[loneghost]

There was one footballer who came out before him and had to kill himself because of isolation, I hope it won't happen again.