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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Despite missing an early penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo still managed to break the all-time international goalscoring record after netting a double in Portugal's 2-1 win over Republic of Ireland.
The Manchester United forward struck in the 89th-minute to cancel out John Egan's first-half header, before nodding home in added time to move on to 111 goals for his country.
His first strike moved him ahead of Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran, as the outright global marksman in football. But it wasn't a perfect performance from Ronaldo, who also saw an early penalty attempt saved by Manchester City goalkeeper Gavin
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