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- ↑ "Schnittger snubs Algeria". BBC Sport. 16 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ↑ Ian Hawkey (2010). Feet of the Chameleon: The Story of African Football. Portico. p. 154.
