Manuel Neira

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Personal information
Manuel Neira
Full name	Manuel Alejandro Neira
Date of birth	October 12, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	, Chile
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001 2001 2002-2004 2005 2005-2006 2007-present	Colo-Colo Everton Colo-Colo Las Palmas Racing Club Unión Española América Colo-Colo Chiapas Unión Española Hapoel Tel Aviv	8 (0) 21 (11) 30 (15) 17 (4) 9 (2) 17 (11) 9 (2) 64 (35) 11 (0) 59 (36) 0 (0)
National team
1998-	Chile	13 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Manuel Alejandro Neira (born 12 October 1977) is a Chilean football player. Married to famous Chilian model, Pamela Diaz.

He played for a few clubs, including Colo-Colo (Chile), UD Las Palmas (Spain), Racing Club (Argentina) and Unión Española(Chile).

He played for the Chile national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In January 2007, he agree upon moving to Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), and playing there until the season ends.

In his second game in the team, in the "Russian channel 1" tournament, he was injured severly by CSKA Moscow player, Elvir Rahimić. Neira suffered two fractures in his ankle, and will have to sit out for the rest of the season, even before he played a single league game for Hapoel.

	Chile squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Tapia \| 2 Castañeda \| 3 Fuentes \| 4 Rojas \| 5 Margas \| 6 Reyes \| 7 Parraguez \| 8 Acuña \| 9 Zamorano \| 10 Sierra \| 11 Salas \| 12 Marcelo Ramírez \| 13 Neira \| 14 Miguel Ramírez \| 15 Villarroel \| 16 Aros \| 17 Vega \| 18 Musrri \| 19 Cornejo \| 20 Estay \| 21 Barrera \| 22 Tejas \| Coach: Acosta

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. - Current Squad
1 Elimelech \| 3 Hen \| 6 Natcho \| 7 Wellington \| 8 Abuksis \| 9 Dego \| 10 Badir \| 11 Barda \| 12 Bondar \| 14 Vermout \| 13 Neira \| 15 Tuama \| 18 Abutbul \| 19 De Bruno \| 20 Antebi \| 21 Perez \| 22 Ben Sha'anan \| 24 Ogbonna \| 26 Páez \| 27 Jolić \| 31 Duani \| 33 Abarbanel \| Manager: Levin