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- ↑ "Profile". BDFutbol.
- 1 2 Zsolt Limperger – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ Courtney, Barrie (3 September 2005). "USA – Details of International Matches 1990–1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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