Jakub Jankto exit from Cagliari was expected. Like Jake Daniels and Josh Cavallo, the Czech winger is a gay man looking for a ...

Czech international Jakub Jankto - who plays for Italy's Serie A side Cagliari - is the highest-profile current male gay footballer, making the announcement last year.

Jankto, 27, publicly came out as gay in February. In his coming out video, he said he wants to live an open life. “Like everybody else, I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses.

Cagliari's Jakub Jankto speaks about his experience of coming out, becoming the only openly gay male footballer in Europe's top 5 leagues. (6:14) Sid Lowe Dec 8, 2023, 07:55 AM ...

Born in Prague in 1996, the son of a car mechanic and a shop assistant, Jakub Jankto -- nicknamed Kuba -- joined Slavia Prague at 6, although he spent last year at their rivals, Sparta, across the ...