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References
- ↑ Theric Ruiz country-statistics
- ↑ "The World Goes Nuts for El Clásico, Aruba Goes Crazy for Guam". Soccerly. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- Theric Ruiz at National-Football-Teams.com
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