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.
Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Fantasy Football managers across the country are swapping one Portuguese Manchester United maestro for another.
Ahead of Game Week 4, players of the popular game have begun tinkering with their line-ups and a pattern has emerged. Over half-a-million players have taken Bruno Fernandes out of their team, despite the fact the midfielder picking up 23 points in the three games so far – leaving him fifth among players in his position and 10 th overall.
He got off to a blistering start with a hat-trick against Leeds United on the opening week of the season but has failed to register a goal or assist the previous two games.
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