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.
Donny van de Beek and Bruno Fernandes partnership expected after Holland goal
dailystar.co.ukUnited from Ajax in a £40million summer switch, but has so far found it difficult to establish himself in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.The 23-year-old has started two games in the Champions League and two in the Caraboa Cup, but has yet to be named in the starting line-up for a Premier League match.Solskjaer has tended to select two defensive midfielders behind Bruno Fernandes for top-flight matches, with Van de Beek so far restricted to a role as a substitute.But the midfielder showed what he can offer when he turned out for the Netherlands, volleying home the equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Spain, after also scoring against Italy during the last international break.With Holland trailing to a Sergio Canales strike, Van de Beek ghosted his.
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