“I do not know anyone personally but they showed me photos today. And I picked [one]. I don't remember his name or jersey number, but I remember he was very handsome. I don’t know if he is good at football, but he looked great,” Oreiro told journalists.

She asked for a piece of advice from the journalists about who is the team’s best player, and one of the reporters suggested that it was Igor Akinfeev.

Earlier this year, the singer released a new song, "United by Love," which was recorded ahead of the World Cup.

Oreiro is widely popular in Russia after starring in an Argentinian soap opera, which was released in Russia in 1999.

Russia's first-ever FIFA World Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities across the country - Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Yekaterinburg.