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- ↑ "Mattus irá al Mundial". La Nación (in Spanish). 8 January 2002. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ↑ Jiménez, Daniel (19 May 2022). "Ningún árbitro tico dirigirá un partido en Catar 2022". Teletica. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- William Mattus – referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- William Mattus – referee profile at Weltfussball.de (in German)
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