.jpg) Neira in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.