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.
'Every day' - Rasmus Hojlund opens up on Ruud van Nistelrooy impact at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRasmus Hojund is still developing a relationship with Manchester United great Ruud van Nistelrooy but revealed the club's former striker had already given him "a lot of good advice".
In scoring the winner against Brentford, Hojlund showed the composure and clinical finishing ability that was Van Nistelrooy's forte during a five-year spell at Old Trafford that yielded 150 goals in 219 games.
It has become commonplace to ask every United forward about the impact Van Nistelrooy, who returned to the club as an assistant manager this summer, is having on their game.
In Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee, he has two talented but raw strikers that he can fine-tune on the Carrington training pitches. ALSO READ: I saw Van Nistelrooy and Fletcher spark United comeback with furious tunnel rant ALSO READ: What Rasmus Hojlund did with Bruno Fernandes after United goal spoke volumes But the 48-year-old has a more hands-on role at the club than just taking the strikers for a few finishing drills.
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