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- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Ghana" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
- ↑ http://www.waallstars.com/news/read.asp?contentid=18 [ dead link ]
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