Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977), known as Areias, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back.
| 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 | |||
Club career
editAfter 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,[1] Standard Liège (where he teamed up with former Portuguese internationals Sérgio Conceição and Ricardo Sá Pinto)[2] 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.[3][4][5]
Released, Areias signed with C.F. Os Belenenses on a free transfer, for the 2007–08 campaign.[6] Unsettled, he switched the following year to newly promoted C.D. Trofense, also in the top division.[7] 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.[8]
In the summer of 2010, after one year out of football, the 33-year-old Areias signed with Leixões S.C. of the Segunda Liga.[9] He left at the end of the season, having played less than one third of the league games for the Matosinhos-based team.
Areias retired in 2011, and started working immediately as a players' agent. He returned to Porto four years later, as youth coach.[10]
References
edit- ^ F.C. Porto: Sandro e Areias cedidos por empréstimo ao Boavista (F.C. Porto: Sandro and Areias loaned to Boavista); Mais Futebol, 10 August 2005 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Areias emprestado ao Standard Liège (Areias loaned to Standard Liège); Record, 8 June 2006 (in Portuguese)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Quique Costas debuta con la selección española siendo jugador del Celta (Quique Costas makes debut for Spanish national team as a Celta player); La Voz de Galicia, 11 February 2015 (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)
- ^ Trofense perde e desce a segunda Liga (Trofense lose and are relegated to second League); O Notícias da Trofa, 23 May 2009 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Sai Nelson, entram Areias, Danilo e Dyego Souza (Nelson out, Areias, Danilo and Dyego Souza in); SAPO, 13 July 2010 (in Portuguese)
- ^ O campeão do mundo pelo Porto que treina os sub-16 do Dragão (The world champion for Porto who coaches the under-16 at the Dragon); Diário de Notícias, 29 October 2017 (in Portuguese)
External links
edit- Miguel Areias at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Miguel Areias at BDFutbol
