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10 Gay Footballers Who Announced Their Homosexuality

December 31, 2021 By totalsportek2

Gay Footballers announcing their homosexuality

A few days ago two England international footballers had to come out and clear the rumors about them being gay, first name was Ashley Cole and the later one is Luke Shaw who plays for Manchester United. But the history of gay footballers dates back to early 90’s although no top flight footballers has come out openly as gay in their playing career and thats largely down to the fear of managements, losing sponsors and the fear of fans backlash.

The first openly admitted case of footballer being gay dates back to 1990 when Justin Fashanu announced his homosexuality, which did not go too well for his career and he ultimately took his own life 8 years later in 1998. British media has been actively trying to find the next gay footballers since than. There are rumors in the media that atleast 7 or 8 footballers currently playing in english top flight but they have been warned and advised not to even think about revealing their sexuality in public because of the blacklash fears. Today we take a look at some famous cases of homosexuality in football and some current footballers who might be gays.

Justin Fashanu:

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Justin Fashanu was the still the only footballer to have come out openly as gay and that was way back in 1990, he played for Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Southampton along with 15 other clubs in england and australia. It took 10 years for him to admit publicly that he is gay and he admitted in 1990. But as soon as he came out public he suffered terrible abuse from the fans everywhere he played and had to move clubs almost every six months. He took his own life in 1998 after he was accuse of raping a 16 year old boy.

Thomas Hitzlsperger:

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Know as “The hammer” by the Villa fans for having a deadly left foot, German International Thomas Hitzlsperger came out as gay in January 2014 after he retired from professional football at the age of 31.

Here is exclusive video of his describing what it felt like playing in England and Germany and why he had to keep the truth in closet.

Liam Davis:

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Semi Professional Football Liam Davis played in lower leagues of english football and he came out openly as gay in 2010 but suffered massive abuse from the fans.

He started his career with coventry city and currently playing with Yeovil Town. Liam Davis spoke with BBC Sports on the struggles of being openly footballer in english football the abuse of fans and why closet gay footballers are afraid to come out.

Robbie Rogers:

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Robbie Rogers is an American footballer who played in english second division side Leeds United. Rodgers announced his homosexuality in 2012 and soon retired from football.

But he has reversed his decision and now currently playing with american side LA Galaxy. He also appeared in countless magazines in US and UK and describe why he came out public as gay.

Matthew Taylor

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taylor has played for West Ham, Bolton and Portsmouth in premier league and he is one of the few footballers who is labeled as gay every now and than.

He has never confirmed it but many english newspapers has run stories of him being gay. There are also couple of pictures doing the rounds on internet in sexual encounter but never confirmed.

Sol Campbell

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Another top players who played for two of the biggest London clubs in premier league, Arsenal and Tottenham Sol Campbell was abused throughout his career for being a “closet homosexual” but he has denied the allegations for so long. In a recently interview Campbell recalls that sports giants “Puma” were looking to endorse the very first openly gay footballer and they mistakenly contact him but the deal did not went through as he told them that he is not gay.

He also revealed why rumors started circulating about him being homosexual, one of the big one was that he did not bring his girlfriends to matches or special team dinners which lead to stories about him.

Closet Footballers Currently Playing In Premier League:

Its very unlikely that if there are gay footballers in english top flight that they will come out public for the sake of their careers but according to some british tabloids as many as 8 current footballers in premier league are gays. Of course the names are not revealed but we might see a few more names coming out after their playing careers.

What you think of stigma attached to homosexuality in english or world football in general ? do you think its a good idea for footballers to come out of the cabinet or this left as a private life decision and they should not be bothered revealing it in public ? let me know your thoughts on that one by using the comments box below.

I leave you with some names across european football in lower leagues both mens and women who came out public with their sexual preference.

Contents

  • 1 Liam Davis:
  • 2 Robbie Rogers:
  • 3 Matthew Taylor
  • 4 Sol Campbell
    • 4.1 Closet Footballers Currently Playing In Premier League:

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Comments

  1. mustafa juventino says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Disgusting faggots

    • theboss says

      October 23, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      As a straight male im still upset by the worlds reaction to peoples sexuality and those who think its right to sick there or in. there bodies, there life there choice. dont like it, dont comment. gay or straight, your team scores a goal your gonna cheer arent you? ? ?

    • Steve Cross says

      October 23, 2015 at 10:37 pm

      Disgusting bigot

      • djm9063 says

        May 27, 2016 at 4:32 am

        Steve Cross you are the bigot.

    • ben lorraine says

      October 23, 2015 at 11:10 pm

      Ignorant fool

    • Oskar Svensson says

      October 24, 2015 at 9:35 am

      Disgusting homophobic.

    • DiggersLeftPeg says

      October 24, 2015 at 12:56 pm

      Crawl back under your rock

    • CharlesLambert says

      October 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm

      Homophobic piece of shit.

    • CharlesLambert says

      October 24, 2015 at 1:11 pm

      Perhaps you could explain your position more clearly as you appear to be an expert in this area…

    • CharlesLambert says

      October 24, 2015 at 1:35 pm

      It’s interesting that your comment has been published while two of mine have been ‘moderated’. Let’s try again, using exactly the same language you used. ‘Faggots’ aren’t disgusting. You are.

    • Saani says

      June 17, 2016 at 5:20 am

      really

    • toney says

      May 25, 2017 at 3:14 am

      Do u think they ask to be gay, just like you did not wake up one morning and decide you would be straight. Think about it.

    • Truth teller says

      August 6, 2017 at 5:17 pm

      I bet you hate yourself every time you secretly masturbate to gay porn.

    • Myob Myob says

      August 14, 2017 at 5:07 pm

      You are the discussing one, homophobe

  2. tony says

    May 24, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    I’m celibate.so its live and let live as far as I’m concerned

  3. donniepace says

    June 1, 2016 at 1:56 am

    I Guess this makes me a Disgusting Fa**** I don’t play Football but i sure like the players .

  4. David Reardon says

    October 13, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    Does it really matter in this day and age if a footballer or any other sportsman is gay? Surely the point about them taking part in their particular sport(s) is that they have some talent.

    • Andrew Wilson says

      November 3, 2016 at 7:22 pm

      Because it threatens str8 peoples perception of masculinity or femininity and what makes a real man or a real women lol. Look into history and you find many examples of Homosexual Men and Women just getting on with their lives until someone decides ”It” is an issue…

  5. Τσαααακ says

    November 13, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    They should come out. All of them, at the same time. It’ll be International Football’s Coming Out Day and it will inspire a lot of people all around the world to be themselves no matter what society tells them is right. You can be bi, pan, gay and still ace at football, you can be straight and obviously not ace at football, you can be asexual, you can be trans, you can be whatever the fuck you are and still be good at whatever you were good before coming out. Talent doesn’t have to do with what you have between your legs or what you do or don’t do in your bed.

  6. Stephen Langton Riley says

    January 15, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    Your comment shows how little imagination you have and nothing to do with thread, why “hide” behind a fake name?, just admit it and come out.

  7. Mzt says

    February 10, 2017 at 9:27 am

    I am deeply disapointed abt some comments here. Whats wrong of being homo footballer to make matters worse your countries allowed the rights of these people so they do not need bullying from people……they never asked for it and for them to come out they made a huge move that could have cost their carrier……….l think they should feel free to come out and exoerience life not living fake life trying to decive people abt your sexuality

  8. Dave c says

    August 6, 2017 at 9:55 pm

    People who insult gays with names etc do that because they are scared of the fact they might be gay themselves so hide that by pretending to hate gays to cover their own insecurities

  9. Ricardo says

    August 21, 2017 at 4:23 am

    In this day and age we should be celebrating people who come out as guy, not putting them down. Sad that people still use ‘faggot’ to refer to these PEOPLE!

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