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- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ↑ "Jacob Banda". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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