{"id":50983,"date":"2024-04-05T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T01:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=50983"},"modified":"2024-04-05T18:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T01:51:57","slug":"meet-the-league-one-star-who-gives-fans-incredible-behind-the-scenes-insights-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2024\/04\/05\/meet-the-league-one-star-who-gives-fans-incredible-behind-the-scenes-insights-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the League One star who gives fans incredible behind-the-scenes insights [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun &#8211; LONDON, <strong>Ryan Tafazolli appeals to fans on Instagram for his fashion sense and shares clips on TikTok mic&#8217;d up in games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LEAGUE One footballer Ryan Tafazolli has amassed a staggering following of over 200,000 fans on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Wycombe Wanderers star, 32, appears on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s showing off his lifestyle, epic holidays and fashion sense in glam snaps.<\/p>\n<p>Or, sharing his opinions on his and team-mate&#8217;s latest FIFA ratings &#8211; his channels give you a glimpse into the life of a professional.<\/p>\n<p>And he even gets mic&#8217;d up during games to give fans a taste of the on-pitch action.<\/p>\n<p>Tafazolli&#8217;s behind-the-scenes content gives football fans something to savour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glam lifestyle<\/strong><br \/>\nTafazolli has been posting clips on TikTok since 2022, sharing his lifestyle on Instagram since 2014, and filmed himself on YouTube since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>But, it&#8217;s been a steady rise in his popularity that seen his follower count grow.<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, where he has 63,000 followers, he shares the epic lifestyle of a footballer.<\/p>\n<p>The handsome defender shows off his fashion choices, from smart linen ensembles complete with a fedora hat to holidays in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>From playing Man City in a FA Cup tie to celebrating a goal, his journey is chronicled in a series of snapshots.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s on TikTok where Ryan comes into his own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Going viral<\/strong><br \/>\nAstonishingly, he has gained an impressive 128,000 followers on his channel.<\/p>\n<p>Better still, his videos have generated a staggering 4.2 million likes.<\/p>\n<p>Very impressive numbers for a footballer has never played in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why Ryan appeals is simple. He gives football fans access into matchdays, training, recovery, lifestyle and on-pitch POV&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Often, he gets mic&#8217;d up during a game, which shows the grittier side of League One.<\/p>\n<p>Playing mind games with his opponents, as well as coarse language and wind-ups are par for the course.<\/p>\n<p>One clip captioned, &#8216;How to get into an opponent&#8217;s head in game&#8217; shows Ryan winding up a penalty taker in a game before he&#8217;s about to strike the ball.<\/p>\n<p>While sportsmanship may have seemed to have gone out the window, the hilarious nature of the giant centre back, who stands at 6ft5in, shouting at the forward he&#8217;s going to miss makes compelling viewing.<\/p>\n<p>And 2.3 million TikTok users have watched the video.<\/p>\n<p>But where Ryan&#8217;s TikTok becomes a useful tool is the quick montages and fitness tips he provides.<\/p>\n<p>In one, he shows off the three best exercises to prevent you from suffering recurring hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In another, he highlights a cheat to improve your speed.<\/p>\n<p>Although that could be taken with a pinch of salt, if EA Sports are to be believed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slammed for pace<\/strong><br \/>\nOver on his YouTube channel, Ryan posed a video of Wycombe&#8217;s stars receiving their FIFA ratings.<\/p>\n<p>In the football world, this is something you imagine that that goes on all over the country &#8211; with players disputing their stats in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Influencer Ryan was equally bemused by his 39 rating for pace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am now the slowest in the squad, so I am unhappy&#8221; he is seen saying in a brilliant edited video inside the dressing room with his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>As for his shooting stat of 28, he joked: &#8220;They&#8217;ve not seen me finish, clearly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Edited pieces include a &#8216;Day in the life of a footballer&#8217;, &#8216;Training with Lewandowski&#8217;s trainer,&#8217; and matchday vlogs are intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>While elsewhere, his achievements in the game are celebrated, like the &#8216;Road to Promotion&#8217; to facing up against tough opponents.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even a clip with Pep Guardiola, sadly his mic wasn&#8217;t working, but Ryan explained that the Spanish tactician explained to him the sacrifices needed to be made to get to the top.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t made it as a professional footballer, this is the closest you will get to understanding what it is like to live like one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I played against TOP of the League - PORTSMOUTH FC!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GB3PqpVts7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun &#8211; LONDON, Ryan Tafazolli appeals to fans on Instagram for his fashion sense&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":50984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,212,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-iranian-legionnaires","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":962,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50985,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50983\/revisions\/50985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}