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- 1 2 Patrick Burgmeier at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Hasler, Ernst (15 April 2006). "Die Unbekümmertheit in der Offensive" (in German). Liechtensteiner Vaterland. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
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