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.
Manchester United pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes miss out on Ballon d'Or
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes were Manchester United's only representatives for the 2021 Ballon d'Or award. Ronaldo ranked sixth and Fernandes ranked 21st in the award while Lionel Messi won the accolade for the seventh time.
Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Ors across his career and only Paris Saint-Germain's Messi had won more with six before tonight, but the former Barcelona star has now extended his lead over Ronaldo for the prestigious personal honour.
With Ronaldo, 36, firmly in the autumn of his career, there were doubts over how effective he would remain in the Premier League, however, he's since emphatically silenced those critics this season by scoring 10 goals in 16 games across all competitions.
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