Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard kiss after Liverpool won the Champions League back in 2005. [Want to see more of Xabi? Check out our post on Xabi Alonso’s Underwear.]

Alan Smith and Gary Kelly, at that time both athletes are playing for Leeds United.

Argentine hunk Diego Perotti and Spanish cutie Alvaro Negredo get intimate.

Next in our list of gay footballers kissing each other is this hot kiss between Olivier Giroud and Mathieu Debuchy. Very intimate, no? Makes us think that its friendlier than usual.

Paul Gascoigne and Ally McCoist do more than the usual kissy-kissy stuff. Get a room, guys. Haha.

Another couple who should get a room is Robin Van Persie and Theo Walcott.

Wayne Rooney and Tomas Radzinski.

And last but not the least in our list of football players kissing: Gary Neville and Paul Scholes.

Which of the above football players kissing photos is your favorite? We’re partial to the one with Maradona simply because it’s got Maradona.

Football Players Kissing on the Pitch: Soccer Athletes Making Out posted 16 December 2012. Updated 3 April 2017.