Here are 10 openly gay footballers in the history of world football.
â–ºRobbie Rogers is an American professional soccer. Rogers came out as gay in 2013.
►Anton Hysén is a Swedish footballer. He came out as gay to the Swedish football magazine Offside in March 2011.
â–ºJustin Fashanu was an English professional footballer, was the first openly admitted case of footballer being gay dates back to 1990 when he announced his homosexuality, which did not go too well for his career and he ultimately took his own life 8 years later in 1998.
â–ºLiam Davis was English semi-professional footballer. He came out openly as gay in 2010.
â–ºMarcus Urban is a former East German soccer player. He came out as a gay man at a time when being a gay footballer was almost unheard of.
â–ºOlivier Rouyer is a retired football striker from France. He came out as gay in 2008 after retiring as a player and coach.
â–ºDavid Testo is an American retired soccer player. He came out as gay in 2011 and became the first male American...
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