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.
Darren Fletcher has lavished praise on Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes while comparing him to a former team-mate who had the biggest "pair of balls" on the football pitch.
Bruno Fernandes has been phenomenal for United since signing in January last year, having scored 38 goals and produced 22 assists in 74 appearances.
The 26-year-old has proved integral in United becoming title challengers again and looks formidable when starting alongside World Cup winner Paul Pogba.
Fletcher, now a technical director at United, was complementary of the Portugal star. "He’s top class in so many ways," Fletcher told FourFourTwo. “He can disguise the final execution of a pass, so that defenders can’t see it coming.
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