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- ↑ "Sarfo Gyamfi". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ "Gyamfi, Sarfo" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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- ↑ Sarfo Gyamfi – FIFA competition record (archived)
