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- ↑ http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Un-ancien-entraineur-d-EAG-selectionneur-de-Madagascar_42314-1340371-pere-bre_filDMA.Htm [ bare URL ]
- ↑ "Burkina Faso appoint new coach". 9 July 2002.
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- ↑ "FINISHED:Frenchman Jean –Paul Rabier Named Madagascar Coach | Goal.com".
