Gay and lesbian Footballers

Justin Fashanu

Born in 1961, Justin Fashanu was the son of a Nigerian barrister living in England. 

He played for Norwich, Nottingham Forest and Southampton along with 15 other clubs in England and Australia. In 1990, he publicly came out as gay in an interview with The Sun.

On the morning of May 3, 1998, Justin committed suicide, eight years after revealing his homosexuality in an interview.

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.

He came out as gay in 2014 after he retired from professional football at the age of 31.

Robbie Rogers

In early 2013, the US soccer star Robbie Rogers said he was gay and retiring in the same news conference.

Liam Davis

Former Grimsby Town youth player Liam Davis came out as gay in a newspaper interview in 2014.

Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell who played for Arsenal and Tottenham in premier league is rumored to be a gay.

The Former England footballer revealed that he nearly quit football over rumours about his sexuality.

He also revealed why rumors started circulating about him being homosexual, one of the big one was that he did not bring his girlfriends to matches or special team dinners which lead to stories about him.

Matt Taylor

Matt Taylor who played for West Ham, Bolton and Portsmouth in premier league has never confirmed that he is gay but many English newspapers has run stories of him being gay.

Jessica Landström

Jessica Landström, openly lesbian Swedish soccer player.

Sarah Walsh

Sarah Walsh is a retired Australian football. After coming out as lesbian, she quickly revealed that she had been in a serious relationship with Megan Anna Rapinoe.