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{{Short description|South Korean football referee (born 1980)}}
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| name = Hong Eun-ah
| fullname = Hong Eun-ah
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|1|09}}
| birth_place = [[South Korea]]
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| internationalyears1 = 2003−2012
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'''Hong Eun-ah''' ({{langx|ko|홍은아}}; born 9 January 1980)<ref name=fifa>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/referees/referee=196649/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513102122/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/referees/referee=196649/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 13, 2012|title=Referee |publisher=FIFA.com |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref> is a former South Korean [[Association football|football]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]].
She has refereed several major [[Women's association football|women's football]] matches at domestic and international level. These include matches at the 2008 and 2012 [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Women's Olympic Football Tournaments]]. Hong is {{height|ft=5|in=7}} tall.<ref name=fifa/>
Hong studied at [[Loughborough University]] and while staying in England, was asked to referee the 2010 [[FA Women's Cup]] final. She was known as '''Una Hong''' in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/football-development/referees/28329-hong-gets-prestigious-assignment |title=Hong gets prestigious assignment |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=2010-04-16 |accessdate=2012-06-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213160836/http://www.the-afc.com/en/football-development/referees/28329-hong-gets-prestigious-assignment |archivedate=2013-02-13 }}</ref>
In November 2009 Hong was named [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) female referee of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20100504000708&cpv=0 |title=Hong Una makes English soccer history |publisher=[[The Korea Herald]]|date=2010-04-16|accessdate=2012-06-06|first=Oh|last=Kyu-wook}}</ref>
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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:South Korean football referees]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic football referees]]
[[Category:Football referees at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:South Korean expatriates in England]]
[[Category:Women association football referees]]