Georgia’s Guram Kashia shares his story in UEFA's new documentary against discrimination
Guram Kashia is among the biggest names in football who talk about their own personal experiences of the discrimination that continues to blight the world’s most popular sport in the UEFA–produced documentary launched. Photo: Shot from the documentary
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Georgian national football team player Guram Kashia has shared his personal experiences of discrimination in UEFA's new documentary ‘Outraged’.
Kashia is among some of 'the biggest names in football' sharing their stories and giving their thoughts on 'the best ways to help eradicate' exclusion and discrimination from the sport on UEFA.tv.
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Racism, homophobia and sexism in European football are on the rise.
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Kashia has become the first-ever recipient of the UEFA #EqualGame Award for his support of the LGBT community during his time with the Dutch club side SBV Vitesse back in 2018.
However, wearing the rainbow-coloured armband to show his support of diversity and inclusion has been denounced in his homeland - Georgia - where he faced negative comments from ultra-nationalist groups.
Watch Kashia sharing his experiences in the documentary from 10:30 to 13:18.
In the documentary Kashia speaks of the 'taught time’ he has experienced and suggests the ways to help eradicate discrimination.
I didn’t expect that much hate... This kind of things will impact the person and it hurts sometimes… I can only imagine how tough it is when you are bullied like that. It hearts for sure, because I experienced myself, too, and it hurts”, Guram Kashia says in the documentary.
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— UEFA (@UEFA) December 23, 2020