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 tipped to take over as new Man Utd captain
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes could "certainly" become Manchester United captain in the future, according to one of his old bosses. The Portuguese star has been a huge hit at United ever since linking up with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad in January, and he ended his first season in English football with 12 goals in 22 appearances in all competitions.
Eight of those goals came in the Premier League, while Fernandes also finished as the Europa League's top scorer for the 2019/20 campaign thanks to his eight goals in the tournament for both Sporting Lisbon and United.
Fernandes was the Sporting captain in his final seasons at the club, and his former Udinese manager Andrea Stramaccioni says he has got what it takes to don the armband for United. “Bruno is
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