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 has been impressed by Manchester United's two January arrivals Bruno Fernandes and Odion Ighalo. Ighalo arrived on loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua on deadline day and has already proved his doubters wrong with three goals in his two starts for the club.
The Nigerian has only been used as a substitute in the Premier League but has looked dangerous upon his introductions and Berbatov has been impressed by how he has applied himself at United. "I'm really happy to see that Odion Ighalo is settling in well and he deserves it with the way he is playing," the Bulgarian told Betfair. "How he links the plays and the goals he is scoring.
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