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- ↑ Ivica Todorov at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "إيفكيا مدرباً لنجران".
- 1 2 "Todorov appointed Congo coach". BBC. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ↑ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF . 12 July 2007. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso to get coach". BBC. 27 April 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
- ↑ "Burkina Faso sack coach". BBC. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
