# Emikar Calderas

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{{Short description|Venezuelan football referee (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox football official
| name                = Emikar Calderas
| image               =
| caption             =
| fullname            = Emikar Virginia Calderas Barrera
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|3}}
| birth_place         =
| years1              = 2016–
| league1             = [Primera División](/source/Liga_FUTVE)
| role1               = Referee
| years2              =
| league2             =
| role2               =
| internationalyears1 = 2016–
| confederation1      = [FIFA listed](/source/FIFA_International_Referees_List)
| internationalrole1  = Referee
}}
'''Emikar Virginia Calderas Barrera''' (born 3 January 1990) is a Venezuelan international [football](/source/association_football) [referee](/source/referee_(football)). She has been an international football referee since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA Refereeing 2020|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250901194428/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3b8445974f6e9ff1/original/bdhkmbhyt2evwe69isju-pdf.pdf|date=28 September 2020|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=27 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227005331/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/2020-fifa-list-of-international-match-officials.pdf?cloudid=bdhkmbhyt2evwe69isju|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="worldfootball">{{cite web|url= https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/emikar-calderas/ |title= Emikar Calderas Barrera » Matches as referee|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref> Calderas is a referee in the [Primera División](/source/Liga_FUTVE).

Calderas has been a referee since 2010. She started at the grassroots level for Venezuelan clubs, before moving up to the [third division](/source/Liga_FUTVE_3), then to the [Segunda B](/source/Liga_FUTVE_2), before finally making it to the first division (Primera División) in 2016. Calderas was a referee at the [UEFA Women's Euro 2022](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2022) in England. She was the only referee at the tournament from outside of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsunfold.com/who-are-the-officials-for-uefa-womens-euro-2022/ |title= Who Are The Officials For UEFA Women's EURO 2022?  |work= sportsunfold.com |date=18 April 2022|access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/0277-1598e0c791b9-75349a2bdfea-1000--a-dream-come-true-for-venezuelan-referee-calderas-barrera/ |title= A dream come true for Venezuelan referee Calderas Barrera |work= UEFA |date=11 July 2022|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://cronica.uno/arbitra-larense-emikar-calderas-vive-un-sueno-en-la-eurocopa-femenina-de-futbol/?amp_markup=1 |title= Árbitra larense Emikar Calderas vive "un sueño" en la Eurocopa femenina de fútbol |work= cronica.uno |date=12 July 2022|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://voce.com.ve/2022/07/13/663567/calcio-donne-emikar-calderas-storica-la-venezuelana-arbitro-in-sfida-delleuropeo/ |title= Calcio donne: Emikar Calderas storica! La venezuelana arbitro in sfida dell'Europeo |work= La Voce  |date=13 July 2022|access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> A year later, Calderas was selected as one of the referees for the [FIFA Women's World Cup 2023](/source/2023_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://inside.fifa.com/refereeing/news/calderas-on-family-life-refereeing-and-a-job-well-done |title= Calderas on family life, refereeing and a job well done |work= FIFA |date=5 July 2023|access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>

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{{UEFA Women's Euro 2022 referees}}
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Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:Venezuelan football referees
Category:Women's association football referees
Category:UEFA Women's Euro 2022 referees
Category:Women association football referees

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