Two Spain legends have come out as gay

Former captain of the Spanish national football team, world champion and two-time European champion Iker Casillas came out. The titled goalkeeper admitted that he is a representative of “non-traditional” orientation.

On the social network, the 41-year-old wrote: “I hope you show me respect: I’m gay.”

Soon the famous player of Barcelona and the Spanish national team Carles Puyol came to the comments and wrote: “It’s time to tell our story, Iker.”

The sports media and football fans are now wondering if Cassillas and Puyol’s tweets should be taken seriously. According to one version, the goalkeeper’s account could have been hacked by attackers and tried to discredit him. According to another, this is a joke, the purpose of which is to ridicule the tabloids for trying to regularly attribute romances with various women to Cassillas. If these posts were written sincerely, it will be the most “titled” coming out among football players at the moment.

As part of Madrid “Real” Casillas has repeatedly become the champion of the country, the owner of the Cup and Super Cup of Spain. He became the five-time winner of the award for the best goalkeeper in the world according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa he won the “golden glove” as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Repeatedly entered the “team of the year” according to UEFA and the “team of the world” according to IFFIIS. At the 2008 and 2012 European Championships, as well as at the 2010 World Cup, he entered the “team of tournaments”.

The goalkeeper completed his career in the national team in 2016. The year before, he had left Real Madrid and moved to Porto. He announced his retirement from sports in 2020.

Since 2009, Casillas has been in a relationship with Spanish TV presenter Sarah Carbonero, in 2016 the couple got married. During the years of their life together, they had two sons. In the spring of 2021, the couple announced a divorce.

Puyol is 44 years old, in the early 2010s he had affairs with several famous models, from a relationship with Vanessa Lorenzo, the football player has two daughters. As of 2020, the couple were still together.