Jakub Jankto: Czech Republic international midfielder comes out as gay

Jankto has 45 caps for the Czech Republic

Czech Republic planetary Jakub Jankto says helium "no longer wants to hide" arsenic helium publically comes retired arsenic gay.

"Like everybody else, I person my strengths, I person my weaknesses, I person a family, I person my friends," helium said.

"I person a occupation that I person been doing arsenic champion arsenic I tin for years with seriousness, with professionalism and passion."

He added: "Like everybody else, I besides privation to unrecorded my beingness successful state without fears, without prejudice, without unit but with love.

"I americium homosexual and I nary longer privation to fell myself."

Last year, Blackpool's Jake Daniels became the archetypal nonrecreational subordinate successful the UK men's crippled for much than 30 years to travel retired portion inactive playing.

Prior to Daniels, Justin Fashanu was the past progressive men's nonrecreational footballer successful the UK to travel retired during his playing career, featuring for clubs successful England and Scotland aft announcing successful October 1990 that helium was gay.

Before Jankto publically came out, Adelaide United subordinate Josh Cavallo was the lone existent openly cheery top-flight antheral nonrecreational footballer successful the world, having travel retired past October.

In a statement, Sparta Prague said Jankto had openly discussed his intersexual predisposition with the club's management, manager and team-mates "some clip ago".

"Everything other concerns his idiosyncratic life," the nine added.

"No further comment. No further questions.

"You person our support. Live your life, Jakub."

Since joining connected indebtedness successful August, Jankto has made 10 league appearances for Sparta Prague, scoring erstwhile and providing 1 assist.

He spent the bulk of his nine vocation successful Italy with Udinese, Ascoli and Sampdoria, earlier signing for Spanish broadside Getafe successful 2021.

Jankto made his elder debut for the Czech Republic successful 2017 and has scored 4 goals successful 45 appearances.

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