[1][2] He played the running back position and helped his team achieve back-to-back ONEFA runner-up finishes in 1998 and 1999.
[4][5] The following year, the Galaxy reached World Bowl XII, where Lira returned two kickoffs for 94 yards, though his team was defeated by the Berlin Thunder 30–24.
Lira played with the Thunder in World Bowl XIII, where the team lost to the Amsterdam Admirals 27–21.
[7] In July 2005, Lira joined the Carolina Panthers training camp as a national player via an NFL Europe roster exemption.
[1] After his training camp stint with the Carolina Panthers, he served as the head coach for UVM Querétaro from 2005 to 2006.
[15] Puebla returned to the playoffs in 2019 after achieving a 6–3 regular-season record,[16] but the team was eliminated by crosstown rivals Aztecas UDLAP in the semifinals.
In November 2015, Lira was granted an award by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Puebla campus for encouraging his players to do community work.