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' Italian experience explains how he hit ground running in Premier League
mirror.co.ukThe man who scouted Bruno Fernandes has lifted the lid on how quickly the Portuguese midfielder managed to settle when he first moved to Italy to join his first senior side Novara.
The Manchester United star left his native country to sign for the Italian minnows in 2012, at the age of just 17. While many players may have struggled to adjust to a new setting at such a young age, Novara scout Mauro Borghetti explained in an interview with that Fernandes immediately did everything in his power to make the change of scene as easy as possible. "He worked hard, trying to learn Italian right away, he joined the group and was immediately welcomed because he was able to establish good relationships with his team-mates," Borghetti said. "He had
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