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.
Manchester United and Man City players nominated for Fans' Footballer of the Year
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe second annual Reach Fans' Footballer of the Year awards have been launched — and four players from Manchester clubs have been nominated.
As an eventful 2021 comes to a close, we are celebrating the players to have made a major impact on the game in the United Kingdom this year, which saw Manchester City lift the Premier League, Chelsea stun Pep Guardiola's side in the Champions League final and England go all the way to the final of the delayed Euro 2020 tournament.
It's no surprise, therefore, to see City and England starlet Phil Foden among the nominees for the 2021 Fans' Footballer of the Year prize, with his Etihad Stadium teammates Kevin de Bruyne and Ruben Dias also nominated.
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