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 and Anthony Elanga send messages to Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help Portugal beat Switzerland 4-0 and register their first win of this current Nations League campaign.
After starting Thursday evening's 1-1 draw with Spain on the bench, Ronaldo, who scored 24 goals for Manchester United this past season, was restored to the starting line-up by Portugal boss Fernando Santos for the clash at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon.
He wasted little time in justifying his recall, scoring twice in just four first-half minutes. After taking an early lead through William Carvalho, Portugal doubled their advantage through Ronaldo just ten minutes before the half-time interval.
He netted his second and Portugal's third four minutes later, ensuring they had a commanding lead to take into the break. READ MORE: Erik ten Hag is about to give Raphael Varane exactly what he wants at Manchester United Portugal made absolutely sure of the three points just past the midway point of the second-half, netting the fourth goal through Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo.
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