Rúrik Gíslason

Rúrik Gíslason
Gíslason playing for Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Rúrik Gíslason[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Forward
Club information
Current team
 SV Sandhausen
Number 9
Youth career
HK
Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 HK 12 (1)
2005–2007 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2007–2009 Viborg 46 (16)
2009–2012 OB 87 (10)
2012–2015 Copenhagen 68 (5)
2015–2018 1. FC Nürnberg 30 (0)
2018– SV Sandhausen 15 (3)
National team‡
2003–2004 Iceland U17 14 (5)
2005–2007 Iceland U19 15 (5)
2005–2011 Iceland U21 19 (6)
2009– Iceland 51 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

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.[2]

Personal life

Rúrik was a candidate for the centre-right Independence Party in the Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016 and Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017.[3]

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.[4] His follower count is now at one million, more than triple the size of Iceland's current population.[5]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2018.[6]
Iceland
YearAppsGoals
200940
201051
201140
201280
201350
201471
201541
201600
201760
201880
Total513

International goals

Score and Result shows Iceland's goal tally first
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.11 August 2010Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Liechtenstein
1–0
1–1
Friendly
2.10 October 2014Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia
3–0
3–0
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3.31 March 2015A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia
1–0
1–1
Friendly

Honours

Copenhagen

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/world-cup-squad-injured-gylfi-sigurdsson/17guw991qjit61qqhhfn9lyhon
  3. ↑ "Politics, dentistry and horror films: Iceland's incredible stories". Onefootball English. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. ↑ "Iceland player gains 250,000 Instagram followers after substitute appearance against Argentina". RT. 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Icelandic team's Rúrik now has over a million Instagram followers". Iceland Monitor. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Rúrik Gíslason". European Football. 23 June 2018.
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