Emikar Calderas

Emikar Calderas
Full name Emikar Virginia Calderas Barrera
Born (1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
Domestic
Years League Role
2016– Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2016– FIFA listed Referee

Emikar Virginia Calderas Barrera (born 3 January 1990) is a Venezuelan international football referee. She has been an international football referee since 2016.[1][2] Calderas is a referee in the Primera División.

Calderas has been a referee since 2010. She started at the grassroots level for Venezuelan clubs, before moving up to the third division, then to the Segunda B, before finally making it to the first division (Primera División) in 2016. Calderas was a referee at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England. She was the only referee at the tournament from outside of Europe.[3][4][5][6] A year later, Calderas was selected as one of the referees for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.[7]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Refereeing 2020" (PDF). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Emikar Calderas Barrera » Matches as referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Who Are The Officials For UEFA Women's EURO 2022?". sportsunfold.com. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "A dream come true for Venezuelan referee Calderas Barrera". UEFA. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Árbitra larense Emikar Calderas vive "un sueño" en la Eurocopa femenina de fútbol". cronica.uno. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Calcio donne: Emikar Calderas storica! La venezuelana arbitro in sfida dell'Europeo". La Voce. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Calderas on family life, refereeing and a job well done". FIFA. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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