Famous gay footballers
Here's mine
There may be others but I don't know of them. Justin Fashanu just missed out, last playing for a foremost English side in
Does it matter that Footballers don't crave to come out, perhaps because of fear of abuse from the terraces, or abuse within the changing room, or possibly loss of sponsorship? Maybe it doesn't, it's a personal option and in a highly clear, emotionally charged, public role where 95% of the fans are against you at the finest of times perhaps it's sensible to stay quiet. And it's not as though other minorities are not also unrepresented. There are no Indian Premier League players either. Although gay footballers are presumably there, knowing that by coming out they could be a role model to tens of thousands of little gay teens. But they still choose not to do so, for reasons.
Across the world, when the home of football (Brazil) can elect a homophobe as president, the world wonders how. Most of his supporters won't agree with his views, but who will stand up for the LGBT community if the g
Football is the most well-liked sport in the nature. But strangely there has been very few footballers that have come out as gay.
Homosexuality in English and world football is still a taboo subject and one that is shared by both players and the media. In all of the professional leagues in England ( 5 divisions ) there are zero openly lgbtq+ footballers. That is a very sad statistic when you consider that roughly 1 in 10 males are gay in the UK.
Coming out as a gay man in the world of football is a scary thing and one that takes a hell of a lot of courage and bravery. The fear of discrimination, violence and abuse towards homosexual footballers is a clear and definite barrier.
In this list we yearn to highlight and commemorate the brave men that have made the choice to tell the earth about their sexuality and come out as gay.
List of Openly Gay Male Footballers
| Name | Nationality | Career | Date of coming out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fashanu | England | – | |
| Thomas Berling | Norway | – | |
| Olivier Rouyer | France | – | |
| Anton Hysén | Sweden | – | |
| David Testo | United States | – | |
Robbie Premier League's first openly gay footballer weighs in on LGBT controversy after several stars refused to wear rainbow clothingThomas Hitzlsperger, the Premier League's first openly gay player, has shared his thoughts on the LGBT pride saga which is engulfing the top flight after several footballers protested against wearing rainbow armbands and jackets. The German moved to the Aston Villa youth team in aged 19 and played times for the west Midlands outfit, scoring 12 goals in a working spell at the club. The midfielder then enjoyed a five-year stint at Stuttgart before returning to England for limited spells at West Ham and Everton, where he retired in After he called time on a fine career, Hitzlsperger came out as gay making him the most high-profile footballer to do so. In the last week, various refusals to wear items of rainbow clothing have caused chaos in the Premier League with Ipswich captain Sam Morsy deciding not to sport an armband with that pattern, before Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi wrote messages on his. On Wednesday, devout Muslim Noussair Mazraoui decl Everything About Gay FootballersYour location largely impacts whether or not you’ll commonly observe openly gay football players in your countries to top leagues competing for ultimate success. Mainly, we’re referring to English football, where absolutely none of the players in the top 4 leagues own come out as openly gay. While that doesn’t mean there aren’t any gay football players in England, it just means none have had the courage or felt they’d be fully supported based on their sexuality. Not having any openly gay soccer players is a giant problem for English football, who, with the Premier League, have the most-watched league matches unmistakably around the world. If youngsters don’t see gay idols on TV playing for the big teams, of even those further down the football ladder, it’s unlikely they themselves will have the courage to stand up and be recognized out of horror their football dreams will be dashed. Openly Gay Soccer PlayersWhile not too many openly gay soccer players exist in the superior leagues internationally, some lgbtq+ men have found achievement in their soccer careers d |