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- ↑ Burns, Bryan (19 September 2011). "Rodrigues sisters pace Portuguese Women's National Team in European Championships qualifying". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Andrea Rodrigues - Client Services Manager - Orlando Magic
- ↑ Profile [usurped] in UCF Knights' website
- ↑ "Andrea Rodrigues, Tampa Bay Hellenic - WPSL". Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Andrea Rodrigues: "I hold three passports and I chose Portugal". Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Record
- ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
- ↑ ANDREA RODRIGUES - FpF
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