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- ↑ Modibo Naman Traoré, Championnat national : LE RÉAL, UN EMPÊCHEUR DE TOURNER EN ROND Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine , L'Essor, 10 mai 2011
- ↑ Sadou Bocoum, AS Réal : La revanche de Almamy Sogoba, Le Soir de Bamako, 29 Décembre 2008 malijet.com [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ (in English) José Batalha, Mali 2009/10 , RSSSF, 19 août 2010
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