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- ↑ "Antti Palojarvi joins Lukko on loan from Lukko" (in Finnish). SaPKo. 28 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "Junior Palojarvi returns to KooKoo" (in Finnish). KooKoo. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
