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- ↑ "Goleiras do Brasil nas Copas do Mundo" [Brazil goalkeepers in the World Cups] (in Portuguese). A Vitrine do Futebol Feminino. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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