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.
Manchester United finally got their man when they landed Bruno Fernandes in the January transfer window. The Red Devils have seen an instant impact from the playmaker since his big-money move from Sporting Lisbon.
Fernandes has been a huge hit on and off the pitch - and also ensured Ole Gunnar Solskjaer meets a promise he made to Ed Woodward when he took the United job.
Back in December, just weeks before signing Fernandes, Solskjaer highlighted the vision he laid out to Woodward to earn the top job permanently. “I have always had a vision of how I want this team to look in 18 months when that season (2021-22) starts,” Solskjaer said. “We need some transfer windows before then, but I set that plan out for Ed within a couple of weeks
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