Iona Rothfeld

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.

Club career
Rothfeld began her career with the Santiago Oriente academy. At senior level, she played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (women) and Audax Italiano (women) in her homeland.

While studying in the United States, she played for St. Thomas Bobcats.

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.

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

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.

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. ANJUFF received recognition from Chile's athletic unions and FIFPro, and was one of the first efforts to unionize female athletes in Latin America. Chile made their competitive return in May 2017, winning by 12–0 over Peru.

Since then, she has led the institution.

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

She frequently gives talks about women's leadership and gender equaty.

She serves as adviser for ComunidadMujer.

Personal life
Rothfeld attended the University of Chile to study law. 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.

Political views
Committed with the gender equity, Rothfeld was an independent candidate for the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution.

Honours
Chile
 * South American Games Silver medal: 2014