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- ↑ "World Cup Cult Heroes: Josimar | The National". thenational.ae. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ "Futpedia: Josimar (Josimar Higino Pereira)". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ↑ Josimar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- Josimar at National-Football-Teams.com
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