PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto posted a video on social media on Monday saying he’s homosexual, making him probably the most high-profile male soccer gamers to come back out.

Jankto posted a video on Twitter saying: “I am gay. And I now not wish to conceal myself.”

The 27-year-old Jankto is taking part in for Sparta Prague this season on mortgage from Spanish membership Getafe. He has beforehand performed for Italian golf equipment Sampdoria and Udinese and has made 45 appearances for the Czech nationwide crew, scoring 4 targets and establishing 13 extra.

“Like everybody else, I wish to dwell my life with freedom, with out concern, with out violence, with out prejudice, however with love,” Jankto says within the video.

Sparta Prague’s official Twitter account retweeted the video and stated “you may have our help.”

“Dwell your life, Jakub,” the membership added.

Getafe additionally posted a message on Twitter, saying: “Our utmost respect and unconditional help to our participant Jakub Jankto.”

The Czech nationwide crew stated “nothing is altering for us.”

The Premier League responded to Jankto’s video with a remark saying: “We’re with you, Jakub. Soccer is for everybody.”

Jankto has a 3-year-old son, David, along with his accomplice Marketa. Their relationship led to 2021.

Whereas ladies’s soccer options many outstanding LGBTQ+ gamers, it is nonetheless uncommon for skilled male gamers to come back out publicly as homosexual.

Josh Cavallo, who performs for Adelaide United in Australia, grew to become the one overtly homosexual participant in a prime males’s league when he got here out in 2021.

Final yr, Jake Daniels of English second-division membership Blackpool grew to become the primary energetic male skilled soccer participant in Britain to publicly say he is homosexual.

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