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- ↑ "Haiti - FLASH : 6 of our most talented football players will settle in Quebec". 24 March 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ↑ "Jonie Gabriel". UQAM (in French).
- ↑ Néré, Enock (3 October 2019). "Haïti en met 10 au Surinam" [Haiti scores 10 to Suriname]. Ticket (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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