Rui Manuel Linhares Areias (born 22 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.
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.
[3] 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 Rio Ave FC.
[14] Areias subsequently dropped into the third tier for the first time in seven years, spending one season at AD Fafe before moving to Varzim S.C. in 2022, both in the new Liga 3.
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 South Korea at the Kusanagi Athletic Stadium.