Manuel Neira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Alejandro Neira Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Colo-Colo | 8 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Everton | 21 | (11) |
| 1997–1999 | Colo-Colo | 30 | (15) |
| 1999–2000 | Las Palmas | 17 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Racing Club | 9 | (2) |
| 2001 | Unión Española | 17 | (11) |
| 2001 | América | 9 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Colo-Colo | 64 | (35) |
| 2005 | Chiapas | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Unión Española | 59 | (36) |
| 2007 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Unión Española | 52 | (24) |
| 2010 | Deportes La Serena | 7 | (5) |
| 2010 | Universidad Católica (ECU) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011 | San Luis | 24 | (5) |
| 2012 | Santiago Morning | 5 | (2) |
| 2012 | Unión San Felipe | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 342 | (152) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2006 | Chile | 13 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2007. |
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Manuel Alejandro Neira Díaz (born 12 October 1977) is a retired Chilean football player who played as a striker.
He played for clubs including Colo-Colo (Chile), UD Las Palmas (Spain), Racing Club (Argentina) and Unión Española (Chile), and scored 2 goals in 13 internationals, including selections for the 1998 World Cup and the 2001 Copa América.
Neira began his career, aged seventeen, at Primera División Chilena club Colo-Colo before moving to the Brazilian club São Paulo FC in 1994, after a notable performance at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championships. In the next season, Neira return to Colo-Colo, but in 1996 Neira was loaned to Everton de Viña del Mar of the Primera B in this time.
From 1997 to 1998, Neira was consolidated as player in Colo-Colo, winning the Primera División Chilena title in two consecutive occasions, the 1997 and 1998 season. On December 1998, Colo-Colo sold Neira to the Spanish club UD Las Palmas. However, he was loaned back to Colo-Colo for one season. When Neira returned to the club, he proclaimed champion of the 1999–2000 Segunda División title. Neira was transferred to an Argentine "giant club" Racing Club de Avellaneda for the 2000–01 season. In the Torneo Apertura 2000, Neira only scored 2 goals in 9 games. During the summer of 2001, Neira was transferred to Unión Española, where he made a notable performance scoring 11 goals in 17 games, being one of the top-scorer of the Torneo Apertura. In June 2001, Neira was signed by the Colombian club América de Cali.
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