# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josimar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:43:04.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josimar"
name: "Josimar"
slug: "josimar"
description: "Josimar Higino Pereira, 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. In his prime, he was named the best right-back in the world by FIFA. He is currently assistant coach at Botafogo."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josimar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1961-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.21
  momentum:             25
  historical:           19.003256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  230
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jogador_josimar/"
    handle:    "jogador_josimar"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Жозімар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "خوسيمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "خوسيمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_Higino_Pereira"
    title: "Josimar Higino Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_(footballer%2C_born_1961)"
    title: "Josimar (footballer, born 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_(futbolista_nacido_en_1961)"
    title: "Josimar (futbolista nacido en 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ژوسیمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%B8%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%BB%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%B8_%D5%8A%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Ժոզիմար Իգինյո Պերեյրա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9"
    title: "ジョジマール・イジーノ・ペレイラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Жозимар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar"
    title: "Josimar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_Higino_Pereira"
    title: "Josimar Higino Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Игиньо Перейра, Жозимар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_(footballer%2C_born_1961)"
    title: "Josimar (footballer, born 1961)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_Higino_Pereira"
    title: "Josimar Higino Pereira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Жосимар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimar_(1961_do%C4%9Fumlu_futbolcu)"
    title: "Josimar (1961 doğumlu futbolcu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump