Iona Rothfeld
Personal information
Full name Iona Ronit Rothfeld Báscoli
Date of birth (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2004–2006 Santiago Oriente
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 St. Thomas Bobcats
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Universidad Católica
2014–2015 Audax Italiano
2016 Universidad Católica
2020–2021 Audax Italiano
International career
2006 Chile U14
2009–2010 Chile U17
2013–2014 Chile 4 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Chile
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iona Ronit Rothfeld Báscoli (born 19 January 1993) is a Chilean former football player who played as a midfielder. She is currently the President of ANJUFF (Asociación Nacional de Jugadoras de Fútbol Femenino), the union of female footballers in Chile.[2]

Football career

Club career

Rothfeld began her career with the Santiago Oriente academy.[3] At senior level, she played for Universidad Católica and Audax Italiano in her homeland.[4]

While studying in the United States, she played for St. Thomas Bobcats.[5][1]

International career

After taking part in a trial competition, Rothfeld represented Chile at under-14 level in the opening of a new headquarters of FIFA.[3]

In 2010, Rothfeld represented Chile U17 in the South American Championship,[6] qualifying to the FIFA World Cup, the first time for a Chilean women's team.[7] She also represented them in the World Cup.[8]

At senior level, she made an appearance in the 2013 International Tournament of Brasília and three appearances in the 2014 South American Games, winning the silver medal.[9][10][11]

Leader career

In 2016, Chile dropped out of the FIFA rankings again, just a year after achieving their best ranking of 41 in 2015. Rothfeld, Christiane Endler, and a few other Chilean teammates created the ANJUFF (Asociación Nacional de Jugadoras de Fútbol Femenino), a Chilean women's footballing union to combat neglect from their federation.[12] ANJUFF received recognition from Chile's athletic unions and FIFPro, and was one of the first efforts to unionize female athletes in Latin America.[13] Chile made their competitive return in May 2017, winning by 12–0 over Peru.[14]

Since then, she has led the institution.[2]

Other works

Rothfeld performed as co-director of OFFSIDE, a short documentary film about women in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

She frequently gives talks about women's leadership and gender equaty.[15][16]

She serves as adviser for ComunidadMujer.[4]

Personal life

Rothfeld attended the University of Chile to study law.[4] Abroad, she attended the St. Thomas University and got a political science degree. She also got a degree in sport management at the Santo Tomás University.[3]

Political views

Committed with the gender equity,[16][4] Rothfeld was an independent candidate for the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution.[17][4][18]

Honours

Chile

References

  1. 1 2 "Iona Rothfeld - 2019 - (RV) Women's Soccer". St. Thomas University Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Iona Rothfeld, presidenta del fútbol femenino en Chile: "Vamos en la dirección correcta"". www.santiago2023.org (in Spanish). 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Iona Rothfeld (1993)". Mujeres Bacanas (in Spanish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Iona Rothfeld: "Hay gente que no está siendo coherente con las decisiones que se han tomado como ciudadanía"". Revista Obdulio (in Spanish). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "LA ROJA CRECE: CONOCE A LAS CHILENAS POR EL MUNDO". Anjuff.cl (in Spanish). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Barrios, Diego (8 February 2021). "Primera clasificación de la Roja Femenina a un Mundial". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Femeninas Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Iona Rothfeld". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "SELECCIÓN FEMENINA SELLA CON PLATA SU INOLVIDABLE INCURSIÓN EN SANTIAGO 2014". ANFP (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Canelo Rojas, Javiera (16 March 2021). "Iona Rothfeld, candidata a Constituyente: "Hay que consagrar el deporte como un derecho"". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Iona Rothfeld: Las mujeres en el fútbol". BOLD mind (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Grez, Matias (29 May 2019). "'I was outraged by the lack of respect' -- The female footballers who fought for change in South America". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Chile's Road to the Women's World Cup Started With an Indignity". The New York Times. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Ex seleccionada nacional de fútbol femenino realizará charla en municipio de Valdivia". Ilustre Municipalidad de Valdivia (in Spanish). 9 November 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Iona Rothfeld - Charla". Somos Persona (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  17. ↑ "Iona Ronit Rothfeld Bascoli - Candidata constituyente Distrito 12". interactivo.latercera.com (in Spanish). La Tercera. 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  18. ↑ "La ex jugadora de la Roja que hoy es precandidata constituyente". AS Chile (in Spanish). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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