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 matched Eric Cantona’s record of reaching 15 assists in just 33 appearances in the Premier League following the win over Fulham.
Manchester United were temporarily knocked off the Premier League perch by Leicester after their Chelsea victory on Tuesday night.
But Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw his side reclaim top spot once again after coming from behind to beat Fulham at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.
It started badly for the Red Devils when Ademola Lookman opened the scoring for the home side after just five minutes. However, the Red Devils fought back through Edinson Cavani and Paul Pogba who scored in either half to give United the three points.
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