No outfield participant has chalked up extra minutes in world soccer than Bruno Fernandes during the last three years, in line with new knowledge launched on Wednesday.
The Manchester United captain, 31, has been a mainstay at Previous Trafford ever since his arrival from Sporting Lisbon in 2020, establishing himself as one of many Premier League’s most dependable midfielders when it comes to his availability.
A daily 90-minute man underneath Ruben Amorim and beforehand Erik ten Hag, the Portuguese star has hardly missed a sport for Manchester United over the course of the final three years, luckily steering away from main damage.
In response to the most recent weekly put up launched by the Football Observatory on Wednesday, Fernandes has totalled a outstanding 16,880 minutes from 192 matches for membership and nation, greater than any footballer worldwide during the last three years excluding goalkeepers.
The report, which takes into consideration minutes performed in official matches solely, noticed Actual Madrid and Uruguay midfielder Federico Valverde, 27, end in second place with 16,428 minutes, regardless of him having performed seven video games greater than Fernandes throughout that interval.
Benfica and Argentina veteran Nicolas Otamendi, who performed for Manchester Metropolis between 2015 and 2020 and is now 37 years previous, was a shock inclusion in third place having gathered 16,310 minutes from 187 matches.
No outfield participant has chalked up extra minutes than Bruno Fernandes during the last three years
The Portuguese star has hardly missed a sport for Manchester United over the course of the final three years, luckily steering away from main damage to rack up 16,880 minutes
Benfica and Argentina veteran Nicolas Otamendi, who performed for Manchester Metropolis between 2015 and 2020 and is now 37 years previous, gathered 16,310 minutes from 187 matches
Gustavo Gomez of Palmeiras and Wolves midfielder Jhon Arias, who joined from Fluminense final summer time, spherical out the highest 5 with 16,040 and 15,864 minutes respectively throughout the final three years.
5 extra Premier League stars featured contained in the world’s prime 20 ‘most bodily sturdy’ gamers, with Arsenal’s Declan Rice (8), Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk (11), Manchester Metropolis’s Tijjani Reijnders (16), Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo (19) and Sunderland’s Granit Xhaka (20) all making the reduce over the three-year spell.
Caicedo and his Ecuador team-mate Willian Pacho, who performs for PSG, are the youngest to function inside the highest 20, every aged 24.
Different notable names who’ve been used ceaselessly by the golf equipment throughout the three-year window embrace Kylian Mbappe, Joshua Kimmich and Harry Kane.
The 32-year-old England captain, who hardly ever ever misses out for Bayern Munich or the Three Lions, is the most-used centre ahead in world soccer in addition to Mbappe, with 14,491 minutes performed since December 17, 2022.
Van Dijk, who steered Liverpool to Premier League success throughout Arne Slot’s first season on the membership final marketing campaign, is second on the listing during the last two years with 11,250 minutes, crushed solely by Otamendi with 216 extra.
Over simply the final twelve months, Atletico Mineiro centre-back Junior Alonso leads the best way with 6,036 minutes, adopted by Membership Brugge midfielder Hans Vanaken and Otamendi.
Marc Cucurella, who has change into an integral a part of each Chelsea’s and Spain’s defence over the previous 12 months, performed extra minutes than any Premier League participant since December 17, 2024.
Solely Otamendi registered extra minutes than Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk during the last two years
Within the three-year pattern measurement, Harry Kane was probably the most sturdy striker in addition to Kylian Mbappe
| LAST THREE YEARS | LAST TWO YEARS | LAST 365 DAYS |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Fernandes (16,880) | Nicolas Otamendi (11,466) | Junior Alonso (6,036) |
| Federico Valverde (16,428) | Virgil van Dijk (11,250) | Hans Vanaken (5,925) |
| Nicolas Otamendi (16,310) | Federico Valverde (11,249) | Nicolas Otamendi (5,837) |
| Gustavo Gomez (16,040) | Hans Vanaken (11,012) | Brandon Mechele (5,702) |
| Jhon Arias (15,864) | Brandon Mechele (19,823) | Vitinha Ferreira (5,683) |
| Hans Vanaken (15,755) | Bruno Fernandes (10,682) | William Tesillo (5,652) |
| David Hancko (15,519) | Jonathan Tah (10,606) | Marc Cucurella (5,615) |
| Declan Rice (15,328) | Jules Kounde (10,590) | Christos Tzolis (5,612) |
| Brandon Mechele (15,260) | Joshua Kimmich (10,564) | Alan Franco (5,544) |
| Willian Pacho (15,209) | Alan Franco (10,463) | Federico Valverde (5,540) |
| Virgil van Dijk (15,180) | Kylian Mbappe (10,459) | Kylian Mbappe (5,530) |
| Fabricio Beuno (15,112) | Jhon Arias (10,250) | Virgil van Dijk (5,487) |
| Jules Kounde (15,097) | Tijjani Reijnders (10,208) | Aurelien Tchouameni (5,473) |
| Luciano Batista (14,984) | Vitinha Ferreira (10,192) | Nicolas Raskin (5,389) |
| Kylian Mbappe (14,902) | David Hancko (10,181) | Zan Karnicnik (5,355) |
| Tijjani Reijnders (14,807) | Roberto Lopes (10,139) | Bruno Fernandes (5,351) |
| Joshua Kimmich (14,735) | Moises Caicedo (10,124) | Joshua Kimmich (5,343) |
| Jonathan Tah (14,701) | Declan Rice (10,097) | Leo Pereira (5,342) |
| Moises Caicedo (14,636) | Joe Rodon (10,063) | Richard King (5,332) |
| Granit Xhaka (14,566) | Alexis Gamboa (10,056) | Juan Pablo Freytes (5,310) |
The left-back totalled a formidable 5,615 minutes for membership and nation from 68 video games, bettered by solely six gamers worldwide.
A kind of footballers was PSG midfielder Vitinha, who helped steer the French giants to Champions League glory final summer time.
The Portuguese star performed 5,683 minutes and featured in a file 72 video games over the course of the 12 months, tied with Benfica and Greece striker Vangelis Pavlidis.
