| Miguel Areias | |
| Fullname: | Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Porto, Portugal |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Youthyears1: | 1986–1991 |
| Youthyears2: | 1991–1992 |
| Youthyears3: | 1992–1993 |
| Youthyears4: | 1993–1995 |
| Youthclubs1: | Porto |
| Youthclubs2: | Candal |
| Youthclubs3: | Espinho |
| Youthclubs4: | Salgueiros |
| Years1: | 1995–1996 |
| Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Years3: | 1997–1998 |
| Years4: | 1998–2000 |
| Years5: | 2000–2004 |
| Years6: | 2004–2007 |
| Years7: | 2005–2006 |
| Years8: | 2006 |
| Years9: | 2007 |
| Years10: | 2007–2008 |
| Years11: | 2008–2009 |
| Years12: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Ermesinde |
| Clubs2: | Estrela Portalegre |
| Clubs3: | Juventude Ronfe |
| Clubs7: | → Boavista (loan) |
| Clubs8: | → Standard Liège (loan) |
| Clubs9: | → Celta (loan) |
| Clubs12: | Leixões |
| Caps4: | 61 |
| Caps5: | 71 |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Caps7: | 30 |
| Caps8: | 10 |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Caps10: | 5 |
| Caps11: | 14 |
| Caps12: | 9 |
| Totalcaps: | 210 |
| Goals4: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Totalgoals: | 13 |
Miguel Alexandre Areias Lopes (born 2 June 1977), known as Areias, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back.
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,[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]