Iker Casillas, the star Spanish goalkeeper, regarded
by many as the best goalkeeper of all time, tweeted that he is gay on Sunday.
Minutes later, the tweet was deleted. “I hope you respect me: I’m gay,” the
tweet read in Spanish. Reacting to his tweet was fellow footballer Carles Puyol,
who was his teammate for the national team. He replied: “It’s time to tell our
stories.” Puyol too deleted his tweet immediately after.

A few minutes later, Casillas tweeted that his
Twitter account was hacked and that everything was in order. “Apologies to all
my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community,” Casillas’
tweet in Spanish, translated by Google, read.

Iker Casillas was a key member of the Spanish team
that won the 2010 World Cup as well as two Euro titles in 2008 and 2012. Casillas
has 167 caps for Spain and has made 510 appearances for Real Madrid.

Iker Casillas: Age and parents

Iker Casillas was born in Mostoles, province of
Madrid, Spain on May 20, 1981. He is 41 years old. Casillas’ father Jose Luis
Casillas was a civil servant in the Spanish Ministry of Education while his
mother Carmen Fernandez Gonzalez was a hairdresser. The Casillas’ had moved
from Navalacruz in Avila to Madrid.

Casillas has a brother, called Unai. Unai is seven
years younger to Casillas.

Iker Casillas girlfriend: Eva
Gonzalez

Iker Casillas and Eva Gonzalez dated from 2004 to
2008. Gonzalez, 41, is a Spanish actor, television presenter and Miss Universe
2003 beauty pageant winner. She was born in Mairena del Alcor in Seville,
Spain. Seven years after her relationship with Casillas ended, she married
bullfighter Cayetano Rivera Ordonez. She has a child with her husband who was
born on March 4, 2018.

Iker Casillas wife: Sara Carbonero

Sara Carbonero and Iker Casillas were in a
relationship from 2009 to 2021. Carbonero is a Spanish-Portuguese sports
journalist. In July 2009, she was voted the sexiest reporter in the world by
the American edition of FHM, For Him Magazine. Carbonero gave birth to her
first son – Martin in July 2014. Till this point, the Carbonero and Casillas weren’t
married. The couple got married on March 20, 2016, six months after making the
announcement that they were expecting a second child. The second child arrived
on June 2, 2016 and was named Lucas. Carbonero and Casillas announced their
decision to separate five years after their marriage.

Iker Casillas children:

Iker Casilla has two children, both with Sara
Carbonero. The first child was named Martin and the second son was named Lucas.