Miguel Areias
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1991 | Porto | ||
| 1991–1992 | Candal | ||
| 1992–1993 | Espinho | ||
| 1993–1995 | Salgueiros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1996 | Ermesinde | ||
| 1996–1997 | Estrela Portalegre | ||
| 1997–1998 | Juventude Ronfe | ||
| 1998–2000 | Ovarense | 61 | (11) |
| 2000–2004 | Beira-Mar | 71 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Porto | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Boavista (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Celta (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Belenenses | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Trofense | 14 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Leixões | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes, known as Areias (born 2 June 1977 in Porto), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a left back.
Football career
After establishing himself as a professional player with S.C. Beira-Mar, Areias joined league powerhouse F.C. Porto for the 2004–05 season but, after being rarely used, he was consecutively loaned for the duration of his contract: Boavista FC, Standard Liège (where he teamed up with former Portuguese internationals Sérgio Conceição and Ricardo Sá Pinto) and Celta de Vigo; arrived in January 2007 at the latter, he only managed one La Liga appearance during his short spell, a 0–2 home loss against RCD Espanyol.
Released, Areias signed with C.F. Os Belenenses on a free transfer, in the 2007–08 campaign.[1] Unsettled, he switched the following year to newly promoted C.D. Trofense, also in the top division: after appearing rarely as the Lisbon club finished eighth, he could not help prevent the northern newcomers from being relegated in their first season ever.
In the 2010 summer, after one year out of football, 33-year-old Areias signed with Leixões S.C. in the second division. He left the club at the end of the season, having appeared in less than one third of the league games for the Matosinhos side.
References
External links
- Miguel Areias at footballzz.co.uk
- Miguel Areias profile at ForaDeJogo
- BDFutbol profile
- Stats at Footballdatabase