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- ↑ Weltfussball
- ↑ KSÍ
- ↑ Finnur Orri Margeirsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór. "Finnur Orri aftur í Breiðablik - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Vísir . Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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