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- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , RSSSF Brasil, 20 March 2013.
- ↑ Marcelo Leme de Arruda (19 August 2010). "Brazilian national team coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ↑ Diario Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, 14 February 1947, p. 6.: Missas.
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