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 starting to believe poetic Cristiano Ronaldo mantra fuelling record-breaking form
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes admits he is now starting to believe the poetic message Cristiano Ronaldo once told him. On another record-breaking night for the returning Manchester United great, playmaker Fernandes also scored as Ronaldo smashed a 10th senior international hat-trick into the Luxembourg net.
It means the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has totted up 115 goals and counting for the national team. Showing no sign of stopping, even at age 36, the former Real Madrid and Juventus superstar has broken record after record in tandem with his long-term rival Lionel Messi - who completed his own high-profile summer move to PSG.
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