[9 YoE] Software Engineer | Should I put my References Phone Numbers on my Resume?

Hello All! I'm new to posting here and would appreciate any advice!

From End of 2023 to mid 2025 I was a remote contract software engineer for a pretty large company, I enjoyed the work, company environment and the team I was put on. The project was defunded and of course being a contractor I was let go while other team members were transferred to different projects.

The team lead had tried to find me a w-2 remote position in the company, but there wasn't one at that time which I was qualified for. The lead told me if I wanted to apply in the future to use him as a reference and gave me his phone number, so did three other team members. I'm actually on a semi friend level with one of the engineers still, we text regularly about daily life.

The company now has a W-2 remote position available that I want to apply for. My question is this: is it tacky, desperate or overstepping to put those references along with their phone numbers on my resume? Or should I put the usual 'references available on request' and have a separate page with them?