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.
Ian Wright makes prediction about Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright believes Bruno Fernandes' performance for Manchester United against Leeds United last weekend will have sent a warning to the rest of the Premier League.
The Portugal international, who made the switch to Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, made the dream start to the new campaign, netting a hat-trick to secure a memorable opening day 5-1 triumph for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
Fernandes — who scored 28 goals in all competitions for United last season — scored the goal that put United 1-0 up in the first half before netting his side's third and fourth goals,
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