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A-League football player Josh Cavallo has opened up about the inner torment he faced for years before coming out as gay, confessing living a lie was 'eating him alive'.
The Adelaide United central midfielder came out in an emotional video on Twitter on Wednesday, making him the world's only known gay male professional footballer actively playing.
The young Socceroos player said he knew he had to be candid about his sexuality after realising it was preventing him from enjoying his achievements on the field.
'I received a rising star award and I felt this sense of numbness because I felt like I had to lie to my peers that whole time and act like someone I'm not,' he told the Today show on Thursday.
'It was eating me alive on the inside. I didn't want to continue my life like that.'
Adelaide united star Josh Cavallo (pictured) came out as gay on Wednesday in an emotional video posted on his club's official Twitter page
The 21-year-old said suppressing his true identity made him constantly miserable and he could no longer maintain keeping up appearances.
'I put my head on my pillow at night and I was sad. I wasn't happy. I didn't want to continue my life like that,'
