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- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: South Africa" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ↑ Khulekani Kubheka at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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