‘I no longer want to hide’: Jakub Jankto, Czech international, comes out as gay – video

Jakub Jankto, the Czech Republic international and Getafe midfielder on loan at Sparta Prague, has come out as gay. The 27-year-old is the highest-profile current male footballer to publicly come out. In a video published on Twitter, Jankto said: 'like everybody else, I also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice, without violence, but with love. I am homosexual, and I no longer want to hide myself' 

• ‘I no longer want to hide’: Jakub Jankto, Czech international, comes out as gay

Source: Twitter | @jakubjanktojr

Mon 13 Feb 2023 15.06 GMT Last modified on Tue 14 Feb 2023 09.37 GMT

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