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- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament. 2008 Play-off CONMEBOL/CAF, Beijing 19 April 2008 - List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 2008-04-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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