With the LGBTQ community growing across the world, there is arguably any occupation in life that doesn’t have a member of the LGBTQ amongst them.

About twenty footballers have come out openly as gays but only nine are well-known. Justin Fashanu is the first ever footballer to come out as gay thirty years ago.

9. Andy Brennan

29-year-old Australian, Andy Brennan played for the Australian top-flight division A-League in 2017, for New Castle Jets.

He currently plays in the Australian semi-professional league for Hume City. He openly came out as gay in 2019, in an interview with Herald Sun.

He is the first Australian player to come out as gay.

8. Collin Martin

27-year-old Collin Martin MLS player who plays for the new club, San Diego Loyal.

Just before his former team, Minnesota United hosted FC Dallas in a “Pride Match” in support of the LGBTQ community, Martin announced his sexuality on his social media pages.

7. Thomas Hitzlsperger

German player, Thomas Hitzlserget is one of the biggest players to publicly reveal he’s gay

Thomas played in the 2006 World Cup and 2008 Europe, totaling his appearance for the team to 52.

Podolski and Joachim Low called him brave for publicly pronouncing his sexuality.

6. Robbie Rodgers

Retired Robbie Rodger is an American footballer who represented USMT 18 times. He played for Leeds United in England.

5. David Testo

David Testo is a retired professional football player. Testo played for Richmond Kickers, Colombus Crew, Vancouver Whitecaps, and Montreal Impact.

Testo revealed he was gay in November 2011, in an interview with Canadian broadcaster Radio Canada.

4. Anton Hysen

Former BK Hacken player, Anton Hysen is the youngest son of retired Swedish footballer Glenn Hysen.

3. Oliver Rouyer

Oliver Rouyer is a 66 years old retired professional footballer. He has been capped by France’s national side 17 times.

2. Josh Cavallo

Josh Cavallo is the second Australian player to publicly declare he is gay. Cavallo plays for Adelaide United.

1. Justin Fashanu

Late athlete Justin Fashanu was the first ever footballer to publicly come out as gay. In 1990, Justin broke the news publicly in the newspaper.