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References
- 1 2 Roger Beck at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ LFV. "LFV Statistics". LFV. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ↑ Roger Beck – FIFA competition record (archived)
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