Rúrik Gíslason (born 25 February 1988) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Rúrik started his career with

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in his youth. Following a youth stint at R.S.C. 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. On 10 November 2020, Rúrik announced his retirement from football. He appeared on series 14 of the German TV programme ''

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'' and won the competition.

International career

In 2011, Rúrik was chosen as part of the Iceland U21 squad to represent Iceland at the

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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

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in Russia.

Personal life

Rúrik was a candidate for the centre-right Independence Party in the

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and

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. After Iceland's 2018 FIFA World Cup game against Argentina, Rúrik's

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profile went viral, as his followers increased by 250,000 after the game. His follower count was right over one million in June 2018, more than triple the size of Iceland's current population. In 2021, Rúrik appeared in the action-comedy film ''

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'', directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson. He won Let's Dance in Germany with Renata Lusin.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rúrik goal.''

Honours

Copenhagen * Danish Superliga:

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* Danish Cup: 2014–15

References

External links

SV Sandhausen profile
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