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- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Denmark". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ↑ "Anne-Mette Christensen". DBU.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Union . Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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