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References
- ↑ "Winger Alhassan Koroma nets first Real Balompédica goal". Football Sierra Leone. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Alhassan Koroma at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Sierra Leone's identical Koroma twins wanted to be like Man Utd stars". BBC Sport. 9 October 2024.
