Rosa Canales

Rosa Bolivia Canales Cevallos (1974 – 2 June 2020), was an Ecuadorian association football referee between 1998 and 2013.[1]  She was active in the national league, but also at international tournaments, among others at the Copa Libertadores and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]

Canales was born in Cantón Marcelino Maridueña. In November 2019 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. She died in her home town on 2 June 2020, aged 46.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Diario El Comercio, ed. (4 February 2020). "La exárbitra Rosa Canales tiene una enfermedad catastrófica y sus amigos organizan colecta para recaudar fondos". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. S.A, El Diario, Grupo Ediasa (2015-08-14). "Rosa Canales, la mujer árbitro que pitó una Copa Libertadores". El Diario Ecuador. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. "Murió Rosa Canales, referente del arbitraje femenino en Ecuador". ESPN.com.co (in Spanish). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. Jun, Publicado por radiolacalle | 3; Ecuatoriano, 2020 | Campeonato; Deportes (2020-06-03). "Muere Rosa Canales, pionera del arbitraje femenino nacional". Radio La Calle (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  5. "Falleció exárbitra ecuatoriana, Rosa Canales". Ecuavisa (in Spanish). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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