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• ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY
• GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY
• ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO COM OUT, BE WORLD’S ONLY ACTIVE GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER
• ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER
• 8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY
• FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE

ALAI UNED MIDFIELR JOSH CAVALLO BE FIRST CURRENT A-LEAGUE MEN PLAYER TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HE'S GAY

Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo has publicly announced he is gay, beg the first footballer to open up about their sexualy while playg the A-League Men pots:Josh Cavallo says he "uldn't be happier" wh his cisn to publicly announce that he is gayHis club has stood wh Cavallo, wh ach Carl Veart sayg he has "nothg but admiratn and support" for his player In 2019, former Newstle player Andy Brennan me out about his sexualyThe midfielr has played 19 gam for the Reds sce makg the move to Alai om Wtern A-League club said stood alongsi Cavallo for beg te to himself, and would ntue to love and support him as a member of s diverse fay. "I am proud to publicly announce that I am gay, " Cavallo said a vio released by the club. "In 2019, former Newstle Jets player Andy Brennan publicly me out as gay after his A-League Men reer was over.

World's only openly gay active pro footballer is ncerned for LGBTQ muny ahead of Qatar 2022.

It has been almost a year sce Josh Cavallo announced he is gay, but even now he still stggl to prehend the far-reachg impact his announcement has had – pecially as he has begun to speak out on major issu, notably the Qatar World Cup. A year on, Cavallo remas the only openly gay top-flight male footballer the world – he plays for Alai Uned Atralia’s A League – but his cisn spired Jake Daniels, a forward for English send divisn club Blackpool, to e out May of this year.

GAY ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO SAYS WORLD CUP SHOULDN’T BE GOG TO QATAR, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

“It was jt the uncertaty, seeg that there was no active gay footballer that’s e out before and there was no plan wh , ” he rells. Fashanu beme the first openly gay profsnal footballer after g out 1990 while playg the English top flight, but the backlash he suffered eventually led him to take his own life eight years later.

“It is so great to be gay.

Earlier this month, former Spa ternatnals Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol were wily cricized after the former posted a tweet claimg he was gay.

ATRALIAN PRO FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

In a now leted post on his official Twter acunt, Casillas wrote: “I hope I’ll be rpected: I’m gay. Cavallo says the exchange between Casillas and Puyol prov football still has “got a long way to go” to eradite homophobia, even if the sport has recently ma steps the right directn.

'I'm a footballer and I'm gay:' Hear pro-player reveal he's gay. Atralian profsnal footballer Josh Cavallo announced on Wednday that he is gay a vio msage released by his A-League club Alai Uned. “I’m a footballer and I’m gay, ” Cavallo said the emotnal vio tled ‘Josh’s Tth.

ATRALIAN FOOTBALLER JOSH CAVALLO COM OUT, BE WORLD’S ONLY ACTIVE GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER

His announcement means that Cavallo is the only current openly gay top-flight male footballer. “Beg a gay closeted footballer, I’ve had to learn to mask my feelgs orr to f the mold of a profsnal footballer, ” Cavallo wrote.

“As a gay footballer, I know there are other players livg silence. In 2014, former Germany ternatnal Thomas Hzlsperger me out as gay the year after he announced his retirement om football. Amerin ternatnal Robbie Rogers announced he was gay when retirg om profsnal football Febary 2013, but subsequently returned to the sport wh MLS club LA Galaxy three months later and went on to w the MLS Cup.

ANDY BRENNAN IS ATRALIA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE SOCCER PLAYER

Josh Cavallo, who last year beme the only openly gay profsnal top flight men’s footballer the world, says he has “no words” to scribe his disappotment at beg targeted by homophobic abe durg an A-League Men game over the weekend.The Alai Uned player me on as a send-half substute durg the Reds’ away game at Melbourne Victory on Saturday night and said afterwards that he had received abe om the crowd at AAMI Park.The 22-year-old received acclaim om across the globe October when he me out via Alai’s social media channels. Players past and prent om Gerard Piqué, Raphaël Varane and Marc Rashford to Gary Leker, Rob van Persie and Joey Barton, pl clubs cludg Liverpool and Juvent, all led up to show their support.But jt two months later, Cavallo has found himself havg to ll out abe om the stands.“I’m not gog to pretend that I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night,” Cavallo wrote on Instagram on Sunday.

I will never apologise for livg my tth and most recently who I am outsi of football.”Cavallo also said he was targeted after the game on Instagram and ed his own post to ll out the social media platform for the way als wh homophobic abe.“To Instagram I don’t want any child or adult to have to receive the hateful and hurtful msag that I’ve received,” he said. It’s a sad realy that your platforms are not dog enough to stop the msag.”The Atralian Profsnal Leagu said was “shocked and sadned” to hear of the reports of the “homophobic bullyg”.“Our players, staff and fans have the right to feel safe on and off the pch,” APL CEO Danny Townsend said. Atralian profsnal footballer Josh Cavallo publicly me out as gay on social media this week, makg him the only active, male, openly gay top-flight pro footballer the 21-year-old midfielr for Alai Uned opened up about the cisn to publicly announce his sexualy an open letter posted on Twter.

“I am proud to publicly announce that I am gay, ” Cavallo wrote.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

”“Growg up beg gay and playg football were jt two worlds that hadn’t crossed paths before, ” he wrote. It is astonishg to know that there are currently no gay profsnal footballers who are out and actively playg, not only Atralia, but around the world.

Back 2014, the chief executiv of Atralia’s ma profsnal sports signed a mment to “tackle” homophobia football, gby, and cricket. In 2019, Atralian footballer and former A-Lege player Andy Brennan ma history as Atralia’s first male pro footballer to e out as, Cavallo is the only openly gay A-League male pro footballer currently playg, and one of the few profsnal men’s soccer players the world to ever publicly e out.

Cavallo also now jos the ranks of Amerin pro athlet Carl Nassib and Le Prokop, who also publicly me out as gay this year. “It’s OK to be gay and to play football, ” he said the ncln of his g out vio. ”The soccer player end the vio wh this strong claratn: “I’m Josh Cavallo, I’m a footballer, and I’m proud to be gay.

FOOTBALL STAR JOSH CAVALLO OUT AS GAY FIRST FOR ATRALIA’S TOP LEAGUE

Check this out: Le Prokop Mak History As First Player Unr NHL Contract to Come Out as Gay. An Atralian sportsman has bee the untry’s first profsnal male soccer player to e out as openly gay. “I’m gay.

“Beg gay, sport, and the closet, has been a mental burn of not knowg how those around you will react. As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards. Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them.