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 recalls moment Old Trafford sent "a shiver" down his spine
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes has revealed Manchester United’s Theatre Of Dreams sent a “shiver” down his spine when he first arrived. The 25-year-old Portugal midfielder has been named the Premier League player of the month for February after an exceptional start to life at his new club.
Fernandes has hit the ground running since his move from Sporting Lisbon and his only the third Portuguese ever to win the English top flight player of the month award after Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo.
He puts that to the galvanizing effect of Old Trafford. Speaking of the moment when he first set foot on the turf he said: “I shivered. “I dreamed of playing there as a child.
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