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• OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT
• SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS, 18, SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE' PARTNER, 46, AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• UK ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL STAR JAKE DANIELS, 18, REVEALS HE'S FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE', 46
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• CZECH FOOTBALLER JAKUB JANKTO BE FIRST ACTIVE TERNATNAL MEN’S PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR
• 20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS
• ‘I NO LONGER WANT TO HI’: JAKUB JANKTO, CZECH TERNATNAL, OUT AS GAY
• GAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER AND SWIMMER BOYIEND DANCE NIGHT AWAY AT PROM
• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• 17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S
• JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA
• JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 18, MET ‘SOULMATE’ MARK, 46, AFTER HE SLID TO HIS DMS WHEN HE ME OUT

Openly gay footballer Jake Daniels, 18, met ‘soulmate’ Mark, 46, after he slid to his DMs when he me out.

Jake Daniels ‘uld not be more happy’ after g out as gay last year (Picture: @BlackpoolFC)Blackpool FC star Jake Daniels has opened up on how he met his ‘soulmate’ the days after he publicly me out as gay. The footballer, 18, last year beme the first player the top four men’s divisns to e out as gay 32 years, sce Jt Fashanu 1990. The young star had battled ncerns about g out, worryg would affect his future transfer chanc and admtg he wouldn’t have felt ‘safe’ playg last year’s World Cup, where homosexualy is crimalised.

He knew he was gay om a young age, he add, but told nobody as he was aaid his iends would treat him differently. In a msage to his mother and sister, the first people he told he was gay, he wrote that nobody else uld know yet ‘bee of the job I’m .

SOCCER PLAYER JAKE DANIELS, 18, SAYS HE FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE' PARTNER, 46, AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

In his ndid terview wh Sky Sports last year, he said he was ‘probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay.

MORE: Jake Daniels offers help to Premier League footballers nsirg g out as gay.

MORE: Jake Daniels me out as gay after watchg Tom Daley’s alternative Christmas speech: ‘I watched that msage over and over’.

UK ONLY OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL STAR JAKE DANIELS, 18, REVEALS HE'S FOUND HIS 'SOULMATE', 46

In May 2022, the 18-year-old Blackpool player beme the first active openly gay profsnal male soccer player the UK sce 1990 when he publicly revealed that he was gay at the age of 17. [OC] Where are all the Gay Footballer Players?

England's only openly gay profsnal footballer Jake Daniels, 18, reveals he's found his 'soulmate' - after 46-year-old partner slid to his Instagram DMsThe Blackpool FC football star said he 'uldn't be happier' wh his new partner Read More: Insi Dick and Angel's VERY unnventnal marriage as Espe to the Chate is axed om Channel 4 Updated: 15:04 BST, 19 May 2023. England's only openly gay profsnal football player has revealed how he nnected wh his 'soulmate' on Instagram.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

Earlier this month, the footballer appeared on Rylan Clark's How To Be A Man podst - where he discsed how he wanted to tackle the surge of homophobia the the days that followed the announcement, Jake explaed how he went on holiday wh some iends and took a break om social when he returned, the Champnship star says he had received 20, 000 supportive DMs om fans. The 18-year-old forward Jake Daniels (pictured) is the only openly gay male profsnal player BraAround this time, the star says his now partner Mark, 46, also sent him a msage on said: 'There was one day, I was about to get on a tra and I went on my msage requts jt to have a ganr and the top msage was om my partner, jt ngratulatg me.

' Elsewhere the podst, Jake said he wouldn't have 'felt safe' playg the World Cup Qatar - where homosexualy is illegal.

Speakg to Sky Sports (pictured above), Daniels said he felt the time was right to e out The only openly gay man to have played English soccer's profsnal leagu was Jt Fashanu, who was not active at a high level when he ma the announcement 1990'I want people to know the real me and lyg all the time jt isn't what I wanted to do.

CZECH FOOTBALLER JAKUB JANKTO BE FIRST ACTIVE TERNATNAL MEN’S PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

'Daniels, scribed as 'an spiratn to all' by then prime mister Boris Johnson, is the first Bron the men's profsnal game to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990 at the age of told Sky Sports: 'It's been que a crazy year. Football, like any other game, also has many gay players.

But tak guts to e out and reveal one’s genr as gay, which is ually an act of urage a world that is not ndned to accept every genr. This listicle will mentn eight male football players who dared to e out as gay.

GAY FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO WOULD BE ‘SRED’ TO PLAY AT WORLD CUP QATAR

Seventeen male footballers have urageoly revealed their sexualy as gay public so far. Even though has already been three s sce Jt Fashanu first publicly me out as gay, there are only a few of them revealg . The primary reason behd many gay footballers not revealg their sexualy publicly is fear of homophobia on and off the pch.

20 INSPIRG GAY AND LBIAN FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PLAYERS

So, many profsnal leagu, teams, and players are raisg their voic to fight back agast homophobia so that gay footballers don’t face backlash while g out. Now, whout any further ado, let’s list the football players who dared to e out as gay publicly. Furthermore, he is the latt active footballer to e out as gay.

Moreover, Andy Brennan is the first Atralian male footballer to openly disclosed beg gay.

‘I NO LONGER WANT TO HI’: JAKUB JANKTO, CZECH TERNATNAL, OUT AS GAY

Currently, he is the only openly gay football player to play any of the Amerin top 5 major leagu. In 2020, durg the San Diego Loyal match agast Phoneix Risg FC, Mart released a story of homophobic sults directed toward him. One of the hight-profile male football players publicly clarg himself as gay is German footballer Thomas Hzlsperger.

GAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER AND SWIMMER BOYIEND DANCE NIGHT AWAY AT PROM

In January 2014, Hzlsperger me out as gay while terviewg Die Ze, a German newspaper. Later, he stated he was released a few years back and was gay.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

His fellow German players supported his cisn to announce himself as gay publicly. Durg his spell at Leeds, Rodgers publicly appeared gay Febary 2013. Later, after wng the 2014 MLS Cup, Rodgers also beme the first gay male to w the league tle the USA.

In 2015, Rodger got ducted to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame.

17-YEAR-OLD IS FIRST ACTIVE UK PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY S

In November 2011, an terview wh Canadian broadster Rad Canada, Tto me out as gay. Moreover, David Tto is the first profsnal Amerin male profsnal footballer to e out as gay. In 2019, he was also featured a documentary related to homophobia sports named Standg on the Le.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER, 17, OUT, BEG ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER BRA

Tto is a You Can Play mpaign advisory group fightg to elimate homophobia the sportg world. Anton Hysen is the youngt son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen and one of the gay players football.

JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

In 2011, Anton Hysen publicly me out as gay durg an terview wh Offsi. Later, he beme the send footballer to bee gay while playg profsnally.