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- ↑ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Hoje é dia de parabenizar dois grandes zagueiros da história". Arquibancada Tricolor (in Portuguese). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2024.