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 pinpoints where Manchester United need to improve
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeBruno Fernandes has instructed his Manchester United teammates to become more ruthless in the final third after an unconvincing win over West Brom.The Portuguese scored the only goal of the game in United's 1-0 victory over the Baggies, converting a retaken penalty beyond former Old Trafford keeper Sam Johnstone.
It gave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side their first home triumph of the Premier League campaign so far, but Fernandes spotted areas for improvement.
The United match-winner spoke to MUTV after the game and assessed the attacking display against West Brom.Fernandes said: "They played really good football, they were strong at the back [but] I think we can do much better in the final third.
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