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 highlights what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 'understood' at Old Trafford
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer "saw and understood" that too many of the wrong players were being signed by Manchester United, according to Peter Schmeichel.
The Norwegian took over at Old Trafford in December 2018 on an interim basis before being handed the job permanently. In his first summer at the helm he employed a transfer strategy that targeted young, homegrown players.
Since then he has also signed Odion Ighalo and Bruno Fernandes, both of whom have had a big impact. And Schmeichel, who won five Premier League titles at Old Trafford, believes Solskjaer is beginning to return United's identity with the help of several on pitch chiefs.
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