Rui Manuel Linhares Areias (born 22 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

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as a forward.

Club career

Born in Guimarães, Areias joined the academy of local club

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at the age of 9. He made his senior debut with their reserves on 11 December 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0−0 home draw against C.F. União in the Segunda Liga. His first goals came also that season, but his brace was achieved in a 2−4 home loss to F.C. Penafiel on 12 May 2013. Areias' first appearance in the Primeira Liga with the first team occurred on 14 December 2014, when he played 15 minutes of the 0−0 home draw against

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. He spent the 2016–17 and 2017–18 campaigns on loan to second-division sides

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and F.C. Arouca. In June 2018, the

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Areias signed a one-year contract with Penafiel also of the second tier. He scored six competitive goals during his spell at the Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, including two in a 3–2 away victory over

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in the second round of the

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. He also found the net in both league fixtures against Guimarães B (3–2 and 5–4 wins). On 4 July 2019, Areias agreed to a one-year deal at C.D. Mafra of the same division. He scored on his league debut, a 3–2 home defeat of

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on 10 August, but added no more goals and moved to

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on 21 September 2020. Areias subsequently dropped into the third tier for the first time in seven years, spending one season at

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before moving to

in 2022, both in the new Liga 3.

International career

Areias earned two

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for Portugal at under-20 level, both at the

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in Japan in 2012. On 16 August he made his debut in a 3–1 loss to the hosts, and the following day he came off the bench to score the only goal of a win over

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at the

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References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Areias, Rui 1993 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Guimarães Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Vitória S.C. B players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto B players F.C. Arouca players F.C. Penafiel players C.D. Mafra players S.C. Covilhã players AD Fafe players Varzim S.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers