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Finland women's team accidentally select 51-year-old for Nations League match

Nanne Ruuskanen was accidentally left out of the selection
Nanne Ruuskanen was accidentally left out of the selectionAVDO BILKANOVIC / Bildbyran Photo Agency / Profimedia
Finland women's national team manager has apologised for mistakenly calling up a long-retired 51-year-old for this week's game against Serbia.

When submitting the lineup, Team Manager Outi Saarinen mistakenly entered former player Stina Ruuskanen instead of 23-year-old Djurgarden defender Nanne Ruuskanen.

The error was not discovered until after the deadline.

Ruuskanen, who received her call-up 29 years after playing two senior internationals for Finland, took the mix-up in good humour.

"I'm definitely ready if the call comes! Just yesterday I was playing in a hobby league match... so my game feel is good," she told the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.

The younger Ruuskanen, who is no relation, was unable to take part in the Nations League match, a 1-1 draw in Helsinki on Tuesday.

"Nanne was, of course, disappointed but took the news very well considering the circumstances," Saarinen said in a statement from the Finnish Football Association.

"I am very sorry for the mistake."

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