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Glenn Hysén is one of Swedish football’s best defenders ever.
And probably the most fun off the pitch.
Now the legend points out the best goalkeeper he has ever played with.
The happy Gothenburger is mainly remembered for breaking a new record and being awarded six wasps by Expressen. It was in an international match against England at Wembley in 1988 that Glenn Hysen completely dominated in a 0-0 match and set a completely new standard in the form of “Hysén class”.
Hysén’s career
The centre-back had a very successful career and won a lot of heavy titles during the years in the world top. He wrote Swedish sports history with IFK Göteborg and won the Uefa Cup twice and took three SM golds in the 80s.
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His career then continued to big clubs such as PSV Eindhoven, Fiorentina and Liverpool. Hysén also helped win the English league title with Liverpool and holds that achievement very high in his career.
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“Complete idiot”
The Swedish legend also won the Golden Ball twice, made 67 international appearances for Sweden and also had the honor of wearing the team captain’s armband in the national team. During his successful career, Glenn Hysén had time to play with a lot of world stars and he had many top goalkeepers behind him between the posts.
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When the 63-year-old gets to choose the very best goalkeeper he has played with, he turns to his time at Anfield. And highlights a really special character from Zimbabwe(!).
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We are of course talking about the Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar.
– Bruce is a complete idiot, but in a good way. Terribly funny. But sometimes you didn’t know where he was, once I headed home a ball, then he was standing and yelling with a supporter. I had to run back and clean myself. That’s him in a nutshell. But he was a very good goalkeeper, not a clown as many people think. Fit as hell, almost like a gymnast. He was really good, says Glenn in his tribute to the goalkeeper hero for the website Fotbolltransfers.
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