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- ↑ Vuorinen, Juha & Kasila, Markku: Pelimiehet - Suomen jalkapallon pelaajatilastot 1930-2006, s. 387. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö, 2007. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
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