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- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "Edwin Velasco" (in Spanish). Atlético Junior. Retrieved 3 October 2022.