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 details Ole Gunnar Solskjaer message which saw him flourish at Man Utd
dailystar.co.ukBruno Fernandes has been nothing short of a revelation at Manchester United. The Portugal midfielder has scored 11 goals and made eight assists in 21 games for the Red Devils, helping the club to Champions League qualification and into the semi-finals of the Europa League.
The 25-year-old has proved to be just what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed to turn the fortunes of his team upwards, and the player has now opened up on the advice he was given.
Fernandes has mentioned that his new boss was very clear about what he wanted his new player to do, before praising his team-mates for their warm welcome. “The manager was very clear [when I arrived at Old Trafford],” he told UEFA.com. “He told me to not be afraid, to just be myself, that he knew full.
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