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 speaks out on Cristiano Ronaldo following Juventus' shock Champions League exit
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes has rushed to defend his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo after he came in for criticism following Juventus' shock exit from the Champions League.Juventus were already behind against Porto following a 2-1 defeat in the first leg of their Last-16 tie and things went from bad to worse when the Portuguese giants took the lead in Turin on Tuesday through a Sergio Oliveira penalty.Two second-half goals from Federico Chiesa seemed to put the Old Lady back in the ascendancy but a Pepe-inspired Porto managed to hold on with some heroic defending and take the game to extra-time.Then with five minutes remaining Oliveira struck again, this time with a low free-kick from distance, and although.
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