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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 Club information Current club Leixões Number 15 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 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– Leixões 9 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes, known as Areias (born 2 June 1977 in Porto), is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Leixões SC mainly as a left defender.
Football career
After establishing himself as a professional player with S.C. Beira-Mar, Areias joined league powerhouse F.C. Porto in 2004–05 but, after a season where he was rarely used, would be 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, he only managed one La Liga appearance, in a 0–2 home loss to RCD Espanyol).
Released, Areias signed with Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses on a free transfer, for 2007–08.[1] Unsettled, he switched the following season 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.
After one year out of football, aged 33, Areias signed with Leixões S.C. in the second division.
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Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Porto
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- A.D. Ovarense players
- S.C. Beira-Mar players
- F.C. Porto players
- Boavista F.C. players
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- CD Trofense players
- Leixões S.C. players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Standard Liège players
- La Liga footballers
- Celta de Vigo footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Portuguese expatriates in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
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