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 latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Aaron Wan-Bissaka named scoring his first ever senior goal as his favourite Manchester United moment of the season.
As the dust settles on the 2020/21 campaign, it has been seen largely as a season of progress for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side after their second place Premier League finish.
Although United couldn't end their four-year trophy drought and lost on penalties in the Europa League final in a heart-breaking end to the season, there were many positive aspects.
Wan-Bissaka picked out the performances of Luke Shaw and Bruno Fernandes — who were both recipients of awards at the end of the season — as highlights.
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