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- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ↑ "Carvajal, de la vereda Cuerna Vaca a revelación en América" (in Spanish). AS. 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Gustavo Carvajal, del América a España" (in Spanish). Nuestros Deportes. 10 July 2020.
