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.
Alan Shearer praises Manchester United players Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United star Bruno Fernandes on Match of the Day. Fernandes impressed for United in their first game back after the Premier League hiatus as they drew 1-1 away to Tottenham on Friday night.
And while the result wasn't ideal for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men as they attempt to climb into the top four, there was still plenty to get excited about.
Namely Fernandes and his partnership with fellow midfielder Paul Pogba, something former Newcastle striker turned pundit Shearer recognised when analysing the match on Saturday night. "Bruno Fernandes was the best player on the park," he said. "His first touch and his first thought is to look and to play forward, and he makes the players ahead of him better players because of that.Get the.
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