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- ↑ "Interimcoach Olivieri leidt Genk naar zege tegen KV Mechelen". Het Belang van Limburg.
- ↑ Zoon van Domenico Olivieri kiest voor eersteprovincialer
- ↑ Livio Olivieri kiest voor Torpedo: “Ik krijg hier echt kansen”