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.
straight to your inbox every day for freeDimitar Berbatov has hailed Bruno Fernandes as a Manchester United leader after his decision to let Marcus Rashford take a penalty against Istanbul Basaksehir.
The United midfielder was on a hat-trick having put his side 2-0 up early on when Rashford went down in the box. Yet Fernandes, the Reds' usual penalty taker, turned down the opportunity to add a third goal and instead let Rashford score from the spot.
Speaking to Betfair, Berbatov said it was a captain's move from Fernandes and would have boosted his standing in the Old Trafford dressing room.He said: "Manchester United's 4-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir showed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team can produce good football."Their motivation and.
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