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' simple moves that have ensured outstanding Man Utd start explained
mirror.co.ukIt is fair to say Bruno Fernandes' move from Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United is already proving to be a huge success story.
After months of 'will he, won't he?' speculation, the 25-year-old finally put pen to paper on a deal with the Red Devils the day before the January transfer window slammed shut.
The £46.6m signing couldn't have arrived at a better time for under-pressure manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had just a week before suffered arguably his lowest point as boss with a timid 2-0 home defeat to Burnley.
His side were in massive need of a boost, and although Fernandes couldn't inspire the Red Devils to victory on his debut- a 0-0 draw with Wolves - he showed plenty of promising moments which fans hoped were a sign of
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