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.
Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday night continued his rich vein of form in the Champions League by firing home a brilliant team move to grab an important equaliser against Atalanta.
The Portuguese connection bore fruit once again for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Bruno Fernandes' deft back-heel flick fell into the path of Ronaldo to drive home the equaliser in Italy.
It was Ronaldo's fourth goal in as many European matches since his return to Manchester United and yet again one of huge importance.
As they did in the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford two weeks ago, United found themselves behind after Josip Ilicic ghosted in from the right-hand side and placed a shot through the legs of Luke Shaw which David de Gea fumbled.
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