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 reaches out to young Man Utd duo after promotions to first team
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes has offered his advice to Manchester United youngsters Hannibal Mejbri and Shola Shoretire after the duo were promoted to the senior set-up.
Ole Gunnar Solskajer confirmed 18-year-old midfielder Mejbri and 17-year-old winger Shoretire have been training with the first team earlier this week. "The young kids, we’ve moved Shola up with us, Hannibal will join us and we’ll keep them with us for a while," said the United boss. "It’s the next step in their development, we’ve got to take the hit that when they play for the reserves they have to travel by themselves.
It’s a nice step for them, they’ve done really well." Following Mejbri and Shoretire's promotions, Fernandes reached out to the pair of talented youngsters to advise
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