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’s successful penalty against Brentford on Monday night means he has scored in four consecutive league matches for the first time this season.
The Manchester hero took his overall season tally to 24 goals and bumped up his league record to 18 for the campaign. He has now netted six times in his last four matches, which included a hat-trick against Norwich last month.
Prior to the win over Brentford, Ronaldo was named United’s player of the month for April, the fourth time he has picked up the accolade this season.
He is by some distance the club’s top scorer this term, sitting 14 ahead of second-place Bruno Fernandes. READ MORE:Cristiano Ronaldo drops hint on Manchester United future in front of camera The last few matches have shown that the Premier League golden boot race is never over when Ronaldo is involved.
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