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- ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ↑ "Former Cape Town City goalkeeper Shu-Aib Walters has joined Ajax Cape Town". 2 August 2018.
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