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 showed exactly the inner justice Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to see in his players at Manchester United during their stunning 3-2 comeback over Southampton on Saturday.
United fell behind to a Jan Bednarek header and James Ward-Prowse free-kick in the first half. But Edinson Cavani's introduction at half-time proved to be the difference.
The former PSG striker set up Fernandes before bagging two headers in what was his finest moment since signing for the club on transfer deadline day.
But it was Fernandes's reaction to Cavani's first goal, the equaliser, which has drawn some attention. While Cavani and a number of his United team-mates went to the corner to celebrate, Fernandes was screaming at them to come back.
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