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.
Man Utd legend Bryan Robson compares Bruno Fernandes to Paul Scholes
mirror.co.ukManchester United legend Bryan Robson has hailed Bruno Fernandes as "the closest we've had to Paul Scholes for years". The signing of Fernandes in the January transfer window proved a masterstroke, with United unbeaten in 11 games and fifth in the Premier League table by the time football was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fernandes played in nine of those games after his switch from Sporting Lisbon, and the Portugal star has been credited with lifting the performances of his teammates through his demanding attitude on the pitch and on the training ground.
And Robson has compared the 25-year-old to legendary midfielder Scholes, one of the greatest players of United's dominant era under Sir Alex Ferguson. "The form before the
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