Contents:
- RICHARLISON AND LUS DIGNE: EVERTON DUO SIST OUT GAY TEAM-MATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
- RICHARLISON AND DIGNE ON SUPPORT IF TEAMMATE REVEALED HE WAS GAY
- RICHARLISON APOIA ATLETAS GAYS A SE ASSUMIREM: ‘DEVEM SER TRATADOS RPEO’
RICHARLISON AND LUS DIGNE: EVERTON DUO SIST OUT GAY TEAM-MATE WOULD BE ACCEPTED
Former Brazil ternatnal Richarlyson has e out as bisexual and slammed the amount of homophobia existg both football and his 39-year-old, who played two ternatnal match back 2008, is the first player om a Brazilian top-flight team to e out public.
RICHARLISON AND DIGNE ON SUPPORT IF TEAMMATE REVEALED HE WAS GAY
'All my life I was asked whether I was gay or not. 'Richarlyson, who retired om football last year, also revealed that he cid not to e out durg his playg days, as he 'didn't want to be led out bee of his sexualy' news followg Blackpool player Jake Daniels' cisn to e out as the only openly gay profsnal footballer the Uned Kgdom - and the first sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Former Brazil and Sao Plo star Richarlyson has e out as bisexual a podst Midfielr Richarlyson (right) played twice for Brazil before retirg om football last yearThe former Sao Plo star, who was part of the team that beat Liverpool the 2005 Club World Cup fal, is doubtful his honty will lead to posive change Brazil, where footballers are idolised but homophobia is rife.
'There is a more important issue, there are people dyg, Brazil is the untry that kills the most homosexuals.
RICHARLISON APOIA ATLETAS GAYS A SE ASSUMIREM: ‘DEVEM SER TRATADOS RPEO’
I am a mere ordary cizen, who had a nice history football, but I will not be able to move mountas to stop the crim, to stop homophobia football.
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"Soy un ciudadano ún, que tuvo una historia genial en el fútbol, pero yo no puedo mover montañas para que se aben os crímen, para que se abe la homofobia en el fútbol", aseguró. Convertido en entarista tras lgar fivamente los bot a mediados 2021, Richarlison llamó la atención sobre las dificultas que tienen los futbolistas homosexual. "La puerta se va a cerrar absurdamente para el jugador que diga que [homosexual], porque aún existe e lado, que nsiro tan pobre los club, tar en manos las hchadas anizadas, que son si siempre las que andan a cutión homofóbi", dijo.