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- 1 2 Tapio Yli-Karro officiated matches 1990–1998 (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "Meillä on yhdessä tekemisen meininki" (in Finnish). Raumalainen. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.