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 latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has admitted he was tasked to target Bruno Fernandes to stifle Manchester United offensively.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's side were held to a 0-0 draw at Elland Road in a match of few clear-cut chances. Leeds' man-marking system kept United at bay, who, without Paul Pogba, struggled to break free of their markers to create a glut of opportunities.
Phillips played a particularly close eye on United's talisman, Fernandes, who had little involvement in the match. "That's what we're about, Leeds as a club, we dig in and try to make it hard for teams," Phillips told Sky Sports. "Particularly teams
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