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.
Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial send messages to Manchester United manager Solskjaer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox Bruno Fernandes could have ended up at Manchester City last year and the Manchester United playmaker still ended up assisting one of their players on Saturday night.
Fernandes laid on the opener for Joao Cancelo in Portugal's impressive 4-1 Nations League win over Croatia in Porto without Cristiano Ronaldo whatsoever to get the holders' campaign off to a superb start.
There was even better news for Fernandes, who announced his wife Ana had given birth to their second child - a baby boy - in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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