“I’m homosexual. AND I don’t want to hide anymore». The coming out of the footballer Jakub Jankto, Czech midfielder born in 1996could mark a turning point in the battle for rights and inclusion in the world of football. Yes, because it is the first player of high levelin full swing, to declare itself openly gay. “Like everyone, I have my strengths and my own weaknesses», he declared in a video posted on his Instagram page.
“I have a family, my friends, a job that I have been doing at my best for years, with seriousness, professionalism and passion», added Jankto, who between 2015 and 2021 played in Italy with Listen, Sampdoria And Udineseand now wears the shirt of Sparta Pragueon loan from Spain’s Getafe, in addition to his own National. “Like everyone, I also want to live my life in freedom. Without fears. Without prejudice. Without violence. But with love».
«Brave“, he wrote Claudio Marchisio, be among the first to comment on the post. “Well done, us and all European football we are with you,” the account replied UEFA. In recent years, other active footballers have done so coming out: from Australian Josh Cavallo to the young Briton Jake Daniels, passing through the Scottish Zander Murray and the American Robbie Rogers. But, precisely, Jankto’s video is destined to have a media impact very different.
Use simple words, that they come direct: he wants to be himself, without absurd compromises. The hope is that it can become an examplea trailblazer, to defeat homophobia and machismo that still creeps in certain circles. «Showing homosexuality in football it’s impossible“, he has declared Olivier Giroud few years ago. “Every team there are at least two gaysbut if you say it, you’re finished,” the former Juventus player reiterated last year Patrice Evra.
“During my long career, some comrades they opened up to me privately, but they are afraid to do it publicly». That’s why Jankto video can write the story.
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