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Spanish footballer (born 1963)

Pilar Neira
Neira in 2013
Personal information
Full name Pilar Neira Martínez
Date of birth (1963-06-02) 2 June 1963 (age 61)
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.

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. 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.

Neira has been outspoken about the issue of sexism in Spanish football.

References

  1. "Pilar Neira: "Captar apoyos será fácil; lograr objetivos, difícil"" [Pilar Neira: "Gaining support will be easy; achieving objectives will be difficult"]. La Opinión de A Coruña. 15 October 2008.
  2. "A Federación galega cesa a Pilar Neira como seleccionadora" [Pilar Neira is removed from the Galician Federation as head coach]. Nós Diario. 16 June 2015.
  3. Vázquez, Doda (30 August 2010). "Pilar Neira: "Non habería que mesturar deporte e política como pasou coa selección galega"" ["Pilar Neira: "We should not mix sport and politics as happened with the Galician national team".]. Xornal de Galicia [es]. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010.
  4. "Pilar Neira: "Non sabía que estaba abrindo camiño"" [Pilar Neira: "I didn't know I was opening a path""]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Pilar Neira entrenará a la selección gallega femenina" [Pilar Neira to coach the Galician women's national team]. El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  6. Martins, Mariana Zuaneti; dos Reis, Heloisa Helena Baldy (November 2018). ""We Are Not Men Less Capables": Negotiations and Claims In Spanish Womens Football" (PDF). Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social. 18 (3): 8–11. doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.2148. S2CID 239814830.


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