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- ↑ "Mauricio Guidone jugará en un club francés por una temporada". Diario de Cuyo (in Spanish). 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Guidone, feliz con su vuelta al PlAR y con La Plata". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 27 March 2013.