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.
Wes Brown has hailed Bruno Fernandes as Manchester United’s ‘missing link’. Since his arrival in January, the Red Devils have gone 10 games unbeaten in all competitions, keeping eight clean sheets during that period.
Fernandes, who made his debut for the club against Wolves last month, has already endeared himself to the fans, providing the assist for Anthony Martial’s opener in their 2-0 win in the Manchester derby on Sunday.
And ex-United defender Brown has been full of praise for him. He told Goal: “It’s interesting when players come in in January because you don’t know how they’re going to do when they arrive, sometimes it takes time for them to come in and settle. “But Fernandes has come in and changed the whole team. “He is the type
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