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- ↑ Pahasti loukkaantunut suomalaispelaaja lopettaa uransa (Badly injured Toni Järvinen retires) [ dead link ]; Iltasanomat, 24.9.2010 (in Finnish)
- Toni Järvinen at National-Football-Teams.com