Kateryna Monzul
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| Full name | Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 July 1981 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2011– | Ukrainian First League | Referee | |
| 2016– | Ukrainian Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2004– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Monzul (Ukrainian: Катерина Володимирівна Монзуль; born 5 July 1981) is an Ukrainian football referee.
Biography
She is 167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) tall and took charge of her first international match in September 2005, Finland versus Poland.[1] She refereed the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.
In 2014 she was voted second in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) World's Best Woman Referee, behind Bibiana Steinhaus.[2] Monzul speaks fluent English and has a degree in architecture and town planning from Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy.[3]
Monzul refereed the opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which she awarded a controversial injury time penalty kick to host nation Canada who scored to beat China 1–0.[4] She refereed the final on July 5, 2015 between the United States and Japan.
In 2015 she was named as the IFFHS World’s Best Woman Referee.[5]
On 3 April 2016 Monzul started working at Ukrainian Premier League, becoming the first referee-woman in top men Ukrainian football division.[6]
References
- ↑ "Kateryna MONZUL". FIFA. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2014". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ Murzina, Elena (23 January 2012). "Первая девушка-арбитр обставила мужчин" (in Russian). Sobesednik. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Women's World Cup 2015: Controversial penalty gives Canada win". BBC Sport. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "THE WORLD's BEST WOMAN REFEREE 2015". IFFHS Official Website. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ "Вперше в історії матч футбольного чемпіонату України судитиме жінка ("The first time a woman will referee a match of Ukrainian Premier League")". TSN.ua. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
External links
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- Profile at footballzz.com
Preceded by Teodora Albon |
2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final Kateryna Monzul |
Succeeded by Esther Staubli |