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.
Man City's Ruben Dias is the best Premier League player of 2021, study finds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester City defender Ruben Dias has been crowned the best player in the Premier League for 2021 by football analysts CIES.
The CIES Football Observatory has "accumulated the greatest pitch experience since the start of the year" and has Dias in second across Europe's top five leagues, behind only David Alaba who swapped Bayern Munich for Real Madrid over the summer.
Dias's nearest Premier League rival is Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes in 11th place, with City team-mate Bernardo Silva five places further back in 16th place.
Harry Maguire is the only other Premier League player in the top 20, sitting in 18th, with City defender Joao Cancelo just missing out on 22nd.
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