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.
Arsenal defender David Luiz could emulate the role Bruno Fernandes is enjoying at Manchester United, according to club legend Ian Wright.
The Gunners are looking to turn their season around at home to Chelsea on Boxing Day, having suffered their worst start to a top-flight campaign for 46 years this term.
Eight defeats in 14 games have left Mikel Arteta and co hovering above the relegation zone down in 15th, and Wright insists his former side are lacking leaders out on the pitch.
The ex-Arsenal striker does believe Luiz has leadership qualities, nevertheless, and has compared him to United ace Fernandes.“You have to look at which senior players at Arsenal at the moment can you look at like when you look at Bruno Fernandes when he scored the.
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