Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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. 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).