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| Full name | Iona Ronit Rothfeld Báscoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 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
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| *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 [es] (Asociación Nacional de Jugadoras de Fútbol Femenino), the union of female footballers in Chile.[2]
Rothfeld began her career with the Santiago Oriente academy.[3] At senior level, she played for Universidad Católica [es] and Audax Italiano [es] in her homeland.[4]
While studying in the United States, she played for St. Thomas Bobcats.[5][1]
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]
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 [es] (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]
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 [es].[4]
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 [es].[3]
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]
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