Yekaterinburg, Russia: Egypt's attacking midfielder Abdallah Elsaid on Friday became the first player from the Finnish league to appear in a FIFA World Cup match, as his team took on Uruguay.
Elsaid, 32, joined Finland's Kuopion Palloseura on loan in March and with the Yellow-blacks Elsaid played seven matches.
Finland has one of Europe's weakest leagues and no player from a Finnish team has ever played in the World Cup tournament.
Elsaid is set to join Saudi Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli starting next season.
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