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An active footballer and a gay man? In 2022 it remains taboo.
The winner of the Champions League with Manchester United and in 2009 according to FIFA and UEFA the best left defender in the world Patrice Evra (40) says that at least two homosexuals play in every football club. Nevertheless, Australian Josh Cavallo of Adelaide United and former teammate of John Gregus of Minnesota American Collin Martin are the only known active footballers who have spoken about their homosexual orientation.
“When I worked in England, they brought someone to talk to the team about homosexuality. Some teammates said, ‘It’s against my faith. If he’s gay in this cabin, let him leave the club. ‘ And they had other similar comments.
,Be quiet!’ I said. I played with gay footballers. They only talked to me face to face, because otherwise they were afraid to talk. There are at least two gay players in each club. But if you talk about it in the world of football, it’s over, “he said for The Parisian Patrice Evra, who worked in England in two United – Manchester and West Ham.
The only famous, 8 years after the announcement, hanged himself
The first and only famous footballer to talk about his homosexuality during his active career was Justin Fashanu in 1990. According to the youth representative of England and the first dark-skinned player for whom the club paid a million pounds, according to him, influential people from the football environment offered money for silence .
Legendary coach Brian Clough forbade him to train with the first team until he sold it for 15% of the purchase price. In 2003, he said that the response to Fashanu’s homosexuality was one of the mistakes he regretted the most.
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Fashanu is still the only European footballer who spoke of his homosexuality during an active career. In addition to the pair mentioned at the beginning, he was followed by American Robbie Rogers (Heerenveen, Leeds, LA Galaxy).
At the end of his career, the 52-time German representative Thomas Hitzlsperger and the French representative Olivier Rouyer also spoke about their orientation.
“There is probably one homosexual in every football team. No one wants to be the first to take the burden of responsibility on their shoulders. But when the first person leaves the community, I believe that others will follow him, “said Troy Deeney, a former long-time English captain in England.
1 out of 10 men. Nonsense, no football player
Women talk about homosexuality more openly, there are dozens of lesbians among professionals, including the best player in Brazilian history, Marta. “Without lesbians, we would never have become world champions,” said US Captain Megan Rapinoe, who represents many LGBT organizations in addition to football, after the 2019 triumph.
Female soccer stars Megan Rapinoe and Lionel Messi.
Source: TASR
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Justin Fashanu’s niece Amal founded a foundation with his name on it. It focuses on homophobia and racism in football. Amal revealed that the foundation advises two Premier League homosexuals: “They are trapped inside, they are ashamed. They think society would not understand them. But times have changed. One in ten men is gay. It is pointless to say that there are none in football. ”
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