Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Bruno Fernandes makes Cristiano Ronaldo prediction ahead of Man City vs Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has backed his Manchester United and Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo to rediscover his goalscoring form after a disappointing start to the season.
Both Ronaldo and Fernandes played the full 90 minutes as Portugal fell to a 1-0 defeat to Spain in the Nations League on Tuesday night, with defender Diogo Dalot being forced to settle for a place among the substitutes.
Former Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata scored the winner for Luis Enrique's side in the 88th minute, with La Roja moving ahead of Portugal to qualify for the Nations League finals as group winners. ALSO READ: Cristiano Ronaldo's greatest teammates from two spells at Man United Ronaldo had a number of chances to score during Tuesday night's encounter but was denied on three occasions by Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon.
The 37-year-old scored his first goal of the season for Erik ten Hag's side against Sheriff in the Europa League earlier this month, but the striker has been used as an impact substitute by the Dutch coach for the majority of the campaign.
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