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- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Memelodi Sundowns" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2016. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
- ↑ "ABSA Premiership 2012/13 - Tebogo Langerman Player Profile - MTNFootball". Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
