![]() Neira in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pilar Neira Martínez | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1963 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Karbo | |||
International career | |||
Galicia women's national team | |||
Managerial career | |||
Galicia women's national team | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pilar Neira is a Spanish football coach and former player who coaches the Galicia women's national team. [1] [2] [3]
As a player, Neira won two Spanish championships as part of Karbo C.F. in 1976–77 and 1981–82. As a member of that team, she also took part in two Five Nations tournaments. She worked in children's schools for over 40 years, first as an educator and later as a director. She also trained 11 indoor football teams. [4] [5] She joined the Galicia women's national team as coach in 2007, becoming one of the first four women to become a coach in Spain. [5]
Neira has been outspoken about the issue of sexism in Spanish football. [6]