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References
- 1 2 Fitim Kasapi at Footballdatabase
- ↑ "F. Kapasi". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Swedish league stats - Lagstatistik
- ↑ Besës i kthehet Kasapi - Telegrafi (in Albanian)
