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- ↑ "Joe Public confirm Latchoo". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ "Latchoo tries to lift football in Barrackpore". Trinidad & Tobago Football Association. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ "Rajesh Latchoo". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ "Latchoo kicks in". The Sun Dominica. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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