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- ↑ "Fiches Joueurs R - Z : Union Saint-Gilloise 1897" (in French). unionhisto.skynetblogs.be.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Laurent. "La légende Union 60" (in French). rusg.be. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
- ↑ Player cas at the site of the URBSFA Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Philibert SMELLINCKX". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008.
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