Miguel Ángel Neira

Miguel Ángel Neira
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Neira Pincheira
Date of birth (1952-10-09) October 9, 1952
Place of birth Chiguayante, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974 Huachipato
1976 Unión Española
1979–1981 O'Higgins
1982–1987 Universidad Católica
International career
1976–1985 Chile 45 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Neira Pincheira (born October 9, 1952) is a retired football midfielder from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number twenty jersey.

He played club football for O'Higgins, Unión Española and Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Chile. At Católica, he had as teammates Juvenal Olmos, Pablo Yoma, Marco Cornez, Mario Lepe, Raimundo Tupper, Luka Tudor and Osvaldo Hurtado.

For his native country he was capped 45 times, scoring 4 goals between 1976 and 1985, and making his debut on October 6, 1976, in a friendly match against Uruguay.