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- ↑ "FIFA Tournaments". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009.
- ↑ "Sackey (GHA); GHA – AUS, 2003". FIFA.com. May 8, 2015. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015.
- ↑ "African Women Player of the Year".
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