Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas comes out as gay
Real Madrid and Spain legend Iker Casillas has appeared to
announce that he is gay, which would make him one of the most high-profile male
footballers in history to confirm their homosexuality.
In a tweet published on Sunday afternoon, the ex-goalkeeper
said: "I hope you respect me: I'm gay." Casillas was married to
sports journalist Sara Carbonero for five years before their separation in
March 2021, having had two children together, both boys.
The 41-year-old received a wave of support following the
Twitter post, including from Barcelona icon and his former Spain teammate,
Carles Puyol.
Casillas, who retired in 2020 after suffering a cardiac
arrest during training with final club Porto, is remembered for being one of
football's most successful goalkeepers.
The Spanish great won one World Cup, two European
Championships, five La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues in a
distinguished senior career which spanned 22 years.
Spending a total of 25 years with Real Madrid, whom he joined
at the age of nine, the Los Blancos hero lifted a whopping 19 trophies, while
also captaining the team from 2010 until his departure in 2015.
Between 2004 and 2008, Casillas dated the winner of a beauty
pageant, Eva Gonzalez. Soon after their split, Casillas began dating Carbonero.
The shot-stopper famously kissed the reporter following
Spain's triumph at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when La Roja famously
beat the Netherlands in the final thanks to Andres Iniesta 's extra-time
winner.
Their first son, Martin, now eight, was born in Madrid on
January 3, 2014. In November the following year, the couple announced that they
were expecting their second child.
Three months before Lucas, now six, arrived on June 2, 2016, Casillas and Carbonero married. Their official partnership would last for five years until last March when their separation was announced.
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