Gislason, after becoming a sex symbol: My focus is now on football FIFA World Cup Won thousands of followers on social networks

His participation in the World Cup in Russia has seen Iceland's Rurik Gislason become something of a sex symbol.

As a result, his social media following has gone through the roof, and the largest number have come from South America.

Brazilian actress Gabriela Lopes was one of the first to highlight the player's appearance, by asking on Instagram: "How can it be possible to be so cute?"

In the space of a few days Gislason has seen his 40,000 followers multiply to 856,000.

"My focus is now on football," said the 30-year-old forward, who plays for Sandhausen of the German second division.

"I'm happy that people like what I do, but I can't say much more.

"Now I spend much less time on Instagram than before, because my only focus is playing well for Iceland."