Rosa Canales
Ecuadorian football referee
Rosa Bolivia Canales Cevallos (1974– 2 May 2020) was an Ecuadorian football referee.[1] She was the first female referee of Ecuadorian football.[2]
Life
changeIn 1998 he debuted, at the age of 19, in professional football assisting in the first and second division of the Ecuadorian football championship. He also refereed in matches of the Copa Libertadores de América,at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup in Thailand and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.[3]
In 2013, she retired from professional refereeing, and worked as an instructor for referees in the province of Guayas.[4]
In November 2019, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. She died on 2 June 2020.[5][6][7]
References
change- ↑ "Levick, Claude Blaxland, (17 Nov. 1896–31 May 1953), Medical Referee various insurance cos". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 2007-12-01. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u239821.
- ↑ Telégrafo, El (2020-06-02). "Rosa Canales, pionera del arbitraje femenino en Ecuador, muere a los 46 años". El Telégrafo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ ""Rosita Canales fue una mujer valiente"". www.expreso.ec. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ S.A, El Diario, Grupo Ediasa (2015-08-14). "Rosa Canales, la mujer árbitro que pitó una Copa Libertadores". El Diario Ecuador. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Murió Rosa Canales, referente del arbitraje femenino en Ecuador". ESPN.com.co (in Spanish). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ "Muere Rosa Canales, pionera del arbitraje femenino nacional". Radio La Calle (in Spanish). 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ Armijos, Roberth (2 June 2020). "Exárbitra ecuatoriana, Rosa Canales, fallece a los 46 años". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-23.