(FILE PHOTO) Retired German footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger has told German news outlet Zeit Online he is gay. DUESSELDORF, GERMANY – OCTOBER 11: Thomas Hitzlsperger, presents the trophy of the honorary prize of the Julius Hirsch Award during the Julius Hirsch Award 2011 at the Event Hall on October 11, 2011 in Duesseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images)