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.
I played with Cristiano Ronaldo at Man United - I know his true thoughts when he passed to Bruno Fernandes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Manchester United defender Wes Brown has claimed Cristiano Ronaldo will have been thinking he should have scored himself after assisting Bruno Fernandes in Portugal's win over Turkey at the weekend.
Despite having just the goalkeeper to beat, Ronaldo chose not to take a shot in a bid to score his first goal of the tournament, instead setting up Fernandes for an easy finish.
The act of generosity from the former United striker caught viewers off guard, including Brown, who suggested on the latest episode of the Euro Thrash podcast that Ronaldo might have regretted not going for goal himself. READ MORE: Van Nistelrooy considering joining United coaching staff READ MORE: United get pre-season tour squad boost with player's availability Brown joked on the podcast, available on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify: "I'm looking at his face afterwards and he was thinking 'I could have just slotted that past the 'keeper', but that is Ronnie, that is what he has always strived for." He added: "In his mind, he will have been thinking 'I should have scored there'.
It's nothing personal, he is that guy who wants to be top of the charts everywhere and that is why he has been so good for so many years." Despite not scoring yet at Euro 2024, Brown praised Ronaldo's performances for Portugal, who have advanced to the knockout stages after two group match victories. "He has looked good, really confident and back to himself," Brown said. "You can see he is still trying to give it all. "Sometimes I think him and Bruno both like the ball, so you wonder what is going to happen, but everyone seems to be jolly and nice and he's fitting in well." Elsewhere at Euro 2024, some of the England players have hit back at comments made by Gary
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