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 star Bruno Fernandes has joked he wants to play more minutes under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.Fernandes has been an ever-present since signing for the Red Devils from Sporting Lisbon in January.A recent study showed that the Portuguese star had the fourth-most minutes in world football throughout the year with United having reached three semi-finals last season.Fernandes’ United team-mate Harry Maguire was top of the list with Manchester City ace Ruben Dias in second and Lionel Messi third.Though Fernandes has joked he wants to beat Maguire next year, laughing: “I’m not happy.
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