Yolanda Parga Rodriguez (La Coruna, 1978) joins the Spanish Technical Committee of Referees as Head of Women's Refereeing. In this way, the former FIFA assistant referee, with extensive experience both on the field of play and in sports management, becomes part of the working group headed by Luis Medina Cantalejo as president of the CTA.
At the national level, Yolanda reached the Second Division of Spanish football in the 2006/2007 season. As a FIFA AR, her first great achievement was the UEFA Women's Champions League final played in Sweden in 2007. In addition, she attended two FIFA Women's World Cups: Germany 2011 and Canada 2015, where she was in the referee trio of the final. She was also selected for two Olympic Games: London 2012 and Brazil 2016. Since 2017 she has been responsible for women's refereeing at the Madrid Football Federation. In addition, since 2018 she has also acted as an advisor both for the First Division women referees, for whom she will now be responsible, and for the RFEF Technical Committee of Referees itself, which she now joins. This Sunday she will be present at the Ciudad del Futbol in Las Rozas at the final of the Women’s Super Cup where FC Barcelona will face Atletico de Madrid.
Source: RFEF