Bio

Rúrik Gíslason (born 25 February 1988) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Sandhausen. Career Rúrik started his career with HK Kópavogur in his youth. Following a youth stint at RSC Anderlecht, the then-champions of Belgium, he made his senior debut with HK Kópavogur. At the end of August 2005, Rúrik signed for Charlton Athletic, but failed to make an appearance for Charlton's first team. International career In 2011, Rúrik was chosen as part of the squad to represent Iceland at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Denmark. The striker was named on the bench for the opening game against Belarus. In May 2018 he was named in Iceland’s 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Personal life Rúrik was a candidate for the centre-right Independence Party in the Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016 and Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017. After Iceland's World Cup Group game against Argentina, Rúrik's Instagram profile went viral, as his follower increased by 250,000 after the game. His follower count is now at one million, more than triple the size of Iceland's current population.