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- ↑ "Los 10 futbolistas que jugaron en el Athletic Club y el Real Madrid" [The 10 footballers who played for Athletic Club and Real Madrid]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ "At. Bilbao, 1 – Sevilla, 0" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 June 1955. Retrieved 11 February 2016.