Rúrik Gíslason

International career In 2011, Rúrik was chosen as part of the Iceland U21 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 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election and 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election.

After Iceland's 2018 FIFA World Cup game against Argentina, Rúrik's Instagram 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 Cop Secret, directed by Hannes Þór Halldórsson.

In 2021, he won Let's Dance in Germany with Renata Lusin.

Rúrik appeared in the Netflix comedy film Eat Pray Bark, released in 2026.

Career statistics International

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

+ List of international goals scored by Rúrik GíslasonNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 11 August 2010 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 1–0 1–1 Friendly 2 10 October 2014 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 3 31 March 2015 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours Copenhagen Danish Superliga: 2012–13 Danish Cup: 2014–15