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.
Dimitar Berbatov admits he was wrong about Bruno Fernandes to Man Utd transfer
mirror.co.ukDimitar Berbatove has claimed Bruno Fernandes has proved one player is enough to change an entire team. Manchester United splashed out on the Portuguese playmaker last January, signing him from Sporting in a deal worth around £47million.
Ahead of his debut on February 1 2020, United were in fifth place in the table, a staggering 36 points behind Liverpool. He earned a Man of the Match display against Wolves in his first showing, in a real forecast of what was to come.
Fernandes picked up four Player of the Month awards during his first year in England, the first player to do so in a single calendar year.
In a league table since his arrival, no top-flight team have picked up more points than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s – who sit above
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