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- ↑ Juska Savolainen, National-Football-Teams
- ↑ Juska Savolainen stats, Finnish FA
- ↑ Juska Savolainen stats, Norwegian FA
- ↑ "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "Mestvinnende" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
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