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 and Cristiano Ronaldo share similar quality, says ex-teammate
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes is "transformed" when he steps onto a football pitch according to a former Sporting Lisbon teammate, who adds that his will to win can match that of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The midfielder followed in the footsteps of Ronaldo when he moved to Manchester United from the Portuguese capital in January, and he had begun impressively before football was halted amid the coronavirus crisis.
United fans have already taken the 25-year-old to their hearts, and Sporting forward Luiz Phellype isn't surprised that he's hit the ground running at Old Trafford. "He is calm off the field, but inside it is transformed, the Brazilian told A Bola. "Bruno Fernandes is like Cristiano Ronaldo, when he loses he can’t talk to anyone. "It didn’t
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