Jake Daniels, a 17-year-old striker for England's second-tier side Blackpool FC, came out as gay on Monday in a statement issued by the club.
"I've known all my life that I'm gay, and now I feel like I'm ready to come out and be myself," Daniels said in his statement.
Elizabeth Pérez tells you about the impact of this announcement by Daniels, which opens to the world more than 30 years after the antecedent of the player Justin Fashanu, who was a pioneer in publicly declaring himself homosexual in English football.
Fashanu played for seven years but took his own life at the age of 37.