Nejc Gradišar (foto: Uradni facebook profil kluba)
Nejc Gradišar's Instagram following soars after joining Al Ahly, quickly closing in on Benjamin Šeško's follower count.
Playing for a club with the massive fanbase of Al Ahly comes with perks beyond the pitch. Just weeks after his surprise move from Fehervar to the Egyptian giants, Nejc Gradišar is witnessing a meteoric rise in his social media presence, nearing the follower count of Slovenian star Benjamin Šeško.
Gradišar, who previously maintained a low profile on social media, now boasts 159,000 Instagram followers. Remarkably, he's achieved this surge with only two posts since joining Al Ahly. His first photo, shared just four days ago, garnered an astounding 125,000 likes, while a recent matchday post after the win against Petrojet attracted 35,000 likes—staggering numbers for a Slovenian footballer.
This sudden spike has propelled Gradišar into the top tier of Slovenian footballers on Instagram:
- Jan Oblak leads the pack with 1.7 million followers.
- Josip Iličić follows with 247,000, and Benjamin Šeško holds 225,000.
- Gradišar now sits fourth, surpassing well-known names like Andraž Šporar (83,000), Benjamin Verbič (80,000), and Jaka Bijol (33,000).
With Al Ahly's enormous fanbase and Gradišar's continued form on the field, his online following is poised to grow even further, possibly challenging Slovenia's biggest football influencers.