Overview
- Germany women's coach Christian Wück called female players role models on handling sexuality and said the men's game could learn from them.
- Wück made the remarks at a German FA media event ahead of the women's World Cup qualifiers against Austria.
- Men's national coach Julian Nagelsmann backed an open approach after FC St. Pauli youth coach Christian Dobrick came out, calling homosexuality normal.
- Dobrick, who coaches St. Pauli's under-19s, said gay men in elite football are still treated like “aliens.”
- No active male player in Germany's top three leagues has publicly come out, highlighting a taboo that contrasts with long-standing acceptance in the women's game.