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- ↑ Jannes Van Hecke at Soccerway
- ↑ "JANNES VAN HECKE EERSTE ZOMERTRANSFER" (in Dutch). Mechelen. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
