en Josimar (footballer, born 1961)

Josimar
Personal information
Full name	Josimar Higino Pereira
Date of birth	19 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1988	Botafogo
1988	Sevilla
1989–1990	Flamengo
1991	Internacional
1991	Novo Hamburgo
1991	Bangu
1992	Uberlândia
1992	Ceará
1992–1994	Jorge Wilstermann
1994–1996	Fast
1997	Mineros de Guayana
International career
1986–1989	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josimar Higino Pereira (born 19 September 1961), more commonly known as Josimar, is a Brazilian former footballer. Throughout his career, he played as a right-back, mainly with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and the Brazil national team.^[1]^[2]^[3] In his prime, he was named the best right-back in the world by FIFA.^[1] He is currently assistant coach at Botafogo.

Career

Josimar was born in Rio de Janeiro.

Josimar won 16 caps with the Brazil national team, from June 1986 to November 1989. He played three times during the 1986 Football World Cup after an injury to first choice right back Édson. His two goals for Brazil were memorable, and were scored in his first two international matches, in that tournament.^[4]

Josimar's son, Josimar Jr., played for Botafogo youth teams. In the end of 2006, he moved to Cruzeiro and then later to Vasco in mid February 2008 by signing a 3-year deal until the end of 2010.

Honours

Club

Campeonato Carioca (Rio de Janeiro championship) in 1989 with Botafogo
Campeonato Cearense (Ceará State championship) in 1992 with Ceará Sporting Club

International

Copa América in 1989 with the Brazil national team
Rous Cup in 1987 with the Brazil national team

Individual

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986
South American Team of the Year: 1986, 1987^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "The blondes came and the training went – I wasted it all: Josimar on Mexico 86". FourFourTwo. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^ "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

[fourfourtwo-1] "The blondes came and the training went – I wasted it all: Josimar on Mexico 86". FourFourTwo. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

[thenational-2] "World Cup Cult Heroes: Josimar | The National". thenational.ae. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

[3] "Futpedia: Josimar (Josimar Higino Pereira)". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

[4] Josimar – FIFA competition record (archived)

[5] "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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