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's Bruno Fernandes put a stop to Hannibal Mejbri first-team promotion
dailystar.co.ukManchester United star Bruno Fernandes put the brakes on a promotion to the first-team for Hannibal Mejbri. It came after the Portugal international signed from Sporting Lisbon in January.
A transfer pursuit for the midfielder began in the summer but the Primeira Liga outfit were in no mood to negotiate. Fernandes was desperate for the move but the club were not budging on their asking price.
Talks reopened in January and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer finally got his man and he has made an instant impact. In February, Fernandes landed the Player of the Month award and has two goals and three assists in five Premier League matches.
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