Patricio Neira

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Patricio Neira
Personal information
Full name Patricio Enrique Neira Muñoz
Date of birth (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Palestino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Palestino 46 (14)
1999 Huachipato 25 (3)
1999–2000 Puebla
2000 Palestino 16 (2)
2001–2002 Deportes Arica (22)
2003 Deportes Concepción (6)
2004 Universidad de Concepción 8 (1)
2004 Santiago Morning
2005 Deportes Puerto Montt 27 (8)
2006 Rangers 29 (5)
2007 Deportivo Temuco 38 (9)
2008 Deportes Copiapó 19 (5)
International career
1999 Chile U20 9 (4)
1999 Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patricio Enrique Neira Muñoz (born 18 April 1979) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Mexico.

Club career[edit]

A product of the Palestino youth system, Neira played for them[2] and Huachipato before joining Mexican side Puebla in 1999.[3]

Back in Chile, he returned to Palestino in second half 2000.[4] In the Chilean top division, he also played for Universidad de Concepción, Deportes Puerto Montt and Rangers de Talca.[3]

In the Chilean second level, he played for Deportes Arica,[5] Deportes Concepción, Santiago Morning,[3] Deportivo Temuco[6] and Deportes Copiapó, his last club.[7]

International career[edit]

Neira represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1999 South American Championship,[8][9] becoming the team top goalscorer with four goals.[10]

In February of the same year, he made two appearances for the Chile senior team in friendlies against Guatemala and the United States.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Neira works as a football agent.[7][10]

In December 2022, he suffered a CVA.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Patricio Neira". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Equipos Mexicanos Prefieren Arietes Chilenos" (PDF). Diario de Colima (in Spanish). 14541. Mexico: 17. 2 January 1998. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Campos, César (28 January 2023). ""Los jugadores de La Roja Sub-20 no son niños, han jugado en Primera a estadio lleno, hay que exigirles"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Palestino 2000 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ "MÁS DE 280 FUTBOLISTAS QUEDARON EN LIBERTAD DE ACCIÓN". www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl (in Spanish). SIFUP. 11 January 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ "La inédita mini gira de Cuba por Osorno y Temuco". Asifuch (in Spanish). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b C., J.P. (18 September 2019). "La nueva vida de Pato Neira: pasó de eterno goleador a ser representante" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ^ Aceituno Rubilar, Freddy Enrique; Álvarez González, Ricardo Blas (November 2016). JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES: Las selecciones menores del fútbol chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 130–137. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Sánchez, Francisco (18 January 2023). ""Tuve ofertas de Valencia y Bayern Múnich": los recuerdos de ex goleador de la Roja Sub 20". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Patricio Neira". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2023.

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