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) | ||
| Position(s) | 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) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977), known as Areias, is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a left back.
Club career
After establishing himself as a professional player with S.C. Beira-Mar, Porto-born 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 RC 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.[1][2]
Released, Areias signed with C.F. Os Belenenses on a free transfer, for the 2007–08 campaign.[3] Unsettled, he switched the following year to newly promoted C.D. Trofense, also in the top division.[4] After featuring 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 summer of 2010, after one year out of football, the 33-year-old Areias signed with Leixões S.C. in the second level.[5] He left at the end of the season, having played less than one third of the league games for the Matosinhos-based team.
References
- ^ El Espanyol manda al Celta a los puestos de descenso (Espanyol send Celta to relegation zone); El Diario Montañés, 12 February 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ MIGUEL AREIAS; Yo Jugué en el Celta, 18 April 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Areias settles at Belenenses; UEFA, 6 July 2007
- ^ Exames médicos no arranque da época (Medical exams to kickstart the season); Record, 4 July 2008 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Sai Nelson, entram Areias, Danilo e Dyego Souza (Nelson out, Areias, Danilo and Dyego Souza in); SAPO, 13 July 2010 (in Portuguese)
External links
- Miguel Areias at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Miguel Areias at BDFutbol
- Miguel Areias at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Porto
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- LigaPro players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- A.D. Ovarense players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- FC Porto players
- Boavista F.C. players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- C.D. Trofense players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Standard Liège players
- La Liga players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain