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- 1 2 "FIFA Player Statistics: Gessika LEMOS". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ↑ "La Selección de fútbol femenino debuta mañana" (in Spanish). 10 April 2003. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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