Miguel Areias

Miguel Areias
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes
Date of birth	(1977-06-02) 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)
Total		210	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977 in Porto), known as Areias, 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 Primeira Liga club FC 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 side 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 at the end of the season, having appeared in less than one third of the league games for the Matosinhos-based team.

References

↑ Areias settles at Belenenses; UEFA.com, 6 July 2007

External links

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