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- ↑ Appearances for Congo-Kinshasa National Team
- ↑ 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany Archived 23 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006.
