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- ↑ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil
- ↑ "Los argentinos que han jugado para la Selección de Bolivia". El Cinco Cero (in European Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑ "Falleció Darío Jara Saguier". El Nacional. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
