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- ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Angola" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Angola announce World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 14 May 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
