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.
Fred says the arrival of Bruno Fernandes was pivotal in Manchester United turning around their season. Fernandes, 25, signed in a £68million deal from Sporting Lisbon in January and United are unbeaten in the nine matches he has played; a streak that featured 2-0 wins over Manchester City and Chelsea, as well as 5-0 demolitions of Club Brugge and LASK Linz in the Europa League.
United sources insisted before Fernandes's debut the Portuguese had caused a buzz at the club, and United went into the UK lockdown fifth in the Premier League, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and all but in the last eight of the Europa League.
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