Australian soccer star Josh Cavallo comes out as homosexual

Australian soccer star Josh Cavallo got here out as homosexual in a video posted by his membership on Wednesday. Cavallo, 21, is the one overtly homosexual participant in top-tier males’s skilled soccer.

“There’s one thing private that I must share with everybody,” the midfielder stated within the video shared by his A-League membership, Adelaide United. “I am a footballer and I am homosexual.” 

“Rising up, I at all times felt the necessity to cover myself as a result of I used to be ashamed— ashamed I’d by no means be capable of do what I liked and be homosexual, hiding who I really am to pursue a dream I’ve at all times wished for as a child. All I wish to do is play soccer and be handled equally,”

Cavallo admitted that attempting to carry out whereas dwelling a “double life” was an “exhausting effort,” one thing he does not need anybody else to undergo. He believed he can be handled in another way as soon as others discovered about his sexuality, he stated, however after popping out privately, he acquired help from his teammates, coaches and household. 

“In soccer, you solely have a small window to realize greatness, and popping out publicly could have a unfavorable influence on a profession. As a homosexual footballer, I do know there are different gamers dwelling in silence,” Cavallo wrote in a coinciding statement Wednesday. “I wish to assist change this, to indicate that everybody is welcome within the sport of soccer and deserves the correct to be their genuine self.”

Cavallo has performed with Adelaide United for eight months and just lately signed a contract extension to stick with the group for a further two years, based on the group’s web site. He beforehand spent 18 months with Western United.

In 2019, former footballer Andy Brennan grew to become the primary Australian skilled males’s soccer participant to return out as an energetic participant.

The soccer world prolonged its help to Cavallo on Wednesday. FC Barcelona star Gerad Piqué praised him on Twitter. “I haven’t got the pleasure to know you personally however I wish to thanks for this step that you just take,” Piqué stated. “The world of soccer is much behind and you might be serving to us transfer ahead.”