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.
Coach who discovered Bruno Fernandes explains why he has settled so well at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeThe coach who discovered Bruno Fernandes has revealed why the Portuguese star is so adept at hitting the ground running at new clubs.Fernandes' sparkling form since his January arrival from Sporting CP has seen the 26-year-old become one of Manchester United's key players.Yet the quick manner he has settled into life at United should not come as a surprise to Mauro Borghetti.The Italian was responsible for scouting Fernandes as a 17-year-old at Boavista and bringing him to Italian minnows Novara in 2012, where Borghetti was the head of youth football.Whilst some teenagers would have baulked at the idea of moving to a foreign country at such a young age, Borghetti says the midfielder threw himself into a.
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