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 Paul Pogba endure contrasting fortunes in latest bid to impress
mirror.co.ukDonny van de Beek and Paul Pogba endured contrasting fortunes for their countries on Wednesday as they try to impress Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Neither player has yet managed to nail down a regular place under Solskjaer this season, with the manager tending to select two defensive midfielders behind star performer Bruno Fernandes.
Pogba has started only four of United's seven Premier League games, while Van de Beek's four starts so far have come in the Champions League and Carabao Cup.
Van de Beek at least has the excuse that he is finding his feet following his £40million summer switch from Ajax, while Pogba is still struggling to justify the £89m United paid Juventus for him four years ago.
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