Rurik Gislason's claim-to-fame in the World Cup: Good looks
What's the story
After a brief cameo in Iceland's match against Argentina in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, previously unheard of Icelandic midfielder Rurik Gislason went from 30,000 Instagram followers to 643,000 followers in a matter of 2-3 days. How? Well, the lovely ladies who follow the beautiful game think that he's just way too good looking, and they're not shy about saying it out loud.
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30 minutes of play got Gislason thousands of new followers
Imagine being sooooo good looking that your Instagram followers go from from 30,000 to 207,000 by playing 30 minutes at the World Cup. Take a bow, Rúrik Gíslason #fyririsland pic.twitter.com/Xr9uLRkoCk
— Sons of Ice and Fire (@sons_icefire) June 17, 2018
Rurik Gislason
A bit about the Instagram sensation that is Rurik Gislason
The 30-year-old Icelandic midfielder came on for just 30 minutes against Argentina, in what was Iceland maiden appearance at a World Cup finals. Iceland had a great maiden match, drawing 1-1 with one of the tournament's strongest attack sides. As for Gislason, who plays for second division German side SV Sandhausen, well, let's just say he got more than he was looking for.
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Putting Gislason's sudden popularity into perspective
To put this into perspective, Sandhausen's 17 home games this season were watched by 104,001 people.
— Jonny Walsh (@jonathanwalsh_) June 17, 2018
Rurik Gislason now has double that number of followers and counting. pic.twitter.com/ANmQrX9DOv
Soaring popularity
Gislason has lots of admirers in South America
Gislason's popularity among the fairer sex is particularly pronounced among South American ladies, including celebrities. Stunned by Gislason's looks, Brazilian actress Gabriela Lopes asked her two million followers "how is it possible to be this cute?" Argentine actress Gimena Accardi also noted that at least 40,000 of her fans, mostly the female ones, had started following Gislason just 30 minutes after the match.
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Female fans go gaga over Gislason's smoldering looks
I’d like to take a moment to thank Iceland for the view of Rúrik Gíslason.
— Erika,First of Her Name,Mother of Bats🦇✨ (@bahmboozle) June 16, 2018
You have done the world a great service 😍🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/l08qKVtwJf
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And they just can't stop talking about him
Public Service Announcement:
— Soraya Lennie ثریا لنی (@soraya_lennie) June 16, 2018
His name is Rurik Gislason.
I am moving to Iceland.
That is all. #WorldCup #ARGvICE #Iceland #thorisreal pic.twitter.com/awiMGVkqwQ
Gislason in action
Catch Gislason in action in Iceland's next match
For those who missed the Iceland vs Argentina match, and would love to catch a glimpse of Rurik Gislason in action (no pun intended), can tune in to Iceland's match against Nigeria on Friday at 8:30pm. Meanwhile, Gislason's followers are still increasing by the thousands - in the time it took to write this article, another 6,000 Instagram followers have joined the Gislason fan-club.