A 17-year-old is the first actively out professional soccer player in Britain since 1990.Blackpool’s Jake Daniels is the first member of the Premier League in over 20 years to be out while actively playing soccer.
In an interview on Monday with British media outlet Sky News, Jake Daniels came out as gay. In the video, Daniels explained he felt it was time after “such a long time of lying” about his identity.
Daniels was signed as a forward onto the Blackpool team in February of 2022. In his 2020-2021 season, he was named Blackpool’s youth team player of the season.In the seven-minute-long interview, Daniels explained how his thoughts on his identity have changed.
He felt at the beginning of his soccer career it was necessary to conceal his sexuality. “I’ve thought I would have to hide my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer,” Daniels said, adding that it’s been a relief to come out.“That period of overthinking everything and the stress it created has gone.
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