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References
- ↑ Eerik Kantola at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Eerik Kantola player info". RoPS official website (in Finnish). 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ Eerik Kantola jatkaa RoPS:n nuorten sarjaa Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine , rops.fi, 23 May 2017
