Wayne Rooney mistakenly posted a picture of the Ivory Coast flag instead of the Irish one in a St Patrick's Day social media message.
The England striker, who is of Irish descent, published a picture of himself with former Manchester United team-mates Jonny Evans and John O'Shea - from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland respectively - holding the Premier League trophy.
Underneath the photo Rooney initially added the text: '#TBT (throwback Thursday) - Celebrating with my mates. Happy St Patrick's Day' followed by three emojis - a 'thumbs up', a shamrock and an image of the Ivory Coast flag.
Wayne Rooney had a St Patrick's Day to forget after mistaking the Irish flag for the Ivory Coast on Instagram
The Manchester United striker was left red-faced after followers pointed out that the flag in question was wrong
The Ireland flag (left) bears a resemblance to the Ivory Coast flag (right) but really ought not to be mistaken
Rooney's post was ridiculed by some Instagram users. In a reference to Ivorian Manchester City star Yaya Toure, user axgil wrote: 'Happy Yaya Day.'
The Irish and Ivorian flags feature the same three colours - green, white and orange - with the African nation's flag in reverse order to the Irish one.
Rooney later changed his post to show the correct Irish flag emoji
Meanwhile, the 30-year-old was left out of the England squad for Euro 2016 warm-up games against Germany and Holland as he recovers from a knee injury.
Roy Hodgson's side travel to Berlin to face world champions Germany on Saturday, 26 March, then host the Dutch at Wembley on Tuesday 29 March.
Former United midfielder Danny Drinkwater has made the 24-man squad in his first call-up to the senior national team, after becoming an influential figure in Leicester's Premier League title assault.
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