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 on 'one of the worst' Cristiano Ronaldo traits as Man United star mocked
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has pulled no punches when speaking about his fellow countryman Cristiano Ronaldo, mocking the 34-year-old's Portuguese accent as "one of the worst".
In a tongue-in-cheek conversation with Jesse Lingard, Fernandes ribbed his domestic and international team-mate. Though friends off the pitch, their city rivalry looms large with 198km separating Madeira and Maia, birthplaces of both of the former Sporting CP products.
Fernandes became the sixth Portuguese native to play for Manchester United when he arrived in 2020 and Ronaldo's sensational deadline day arrival saw him return to Old Trafford after 12 years away.
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