Rúrik Gíslason

Rúrik Gíslason ( born February 25, 1988 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic football player.

Career

Rúrik Gíslason played in youth at HK Kópavogs. In spring 2004, he joined the youth team of the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht, but he left again in the autumn of the year. Again, in the service of HK Kópavogs he ran in 2005 for the club in the 1 Deild on. In August 2005 he went to the English club Charlton Athletic, but for which he was only in the reserve team for use.

2007, secured the Danish club Viborg FF the services of Rúrik Gíslason, who signed a three-year contract. In the season 2007/08 Super League coached by Anders Linderoth club came in danger of relegation, so that Stephen Lowe and shortly after Hans Eklund took over as coach. In the course of the season he was a regular in the squad though, but was mainly come on as a substitute for use. Only on the last match day, as the descent as good as it was clear he was in the starting and goal against Brøndby IF, respectively Mitabsteiger Lyngby BK his first goals in the Danish professional football. In the second division, he matured into a regular player and was one of the mainstays of the club, so that his contract was extended in early 2009 to 2012. In March of that year he made ​​his debut after he was already running for the Icelandic U -21 team since 2005, was defeated in the Icelandic national team, as these Faroese selection with 1:2.

After missing out on promotion in 2009 Rúrik Gíslason joined Odense BK, where he signed a contract valid until 2014. On the side of Peter Utaka, Anders Møller Christensen, Roy Carroll and Atle Roar Håland he was in the episode for long stretches of the season 2009/10 starting players and reached with the team as a table runner, the UEFA Europa League 2010/11.