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 fans all react in the same way as Bruno Fernandes made captain vs PSG
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United fans were delighted to learn that Bruno Fernandes will captain the side against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
After a year out of Europe's top competition, United will return to Champions League action in Paris for their opening game in Group H.
However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has taken a depleted squad with him to face PSG, with new signing Edinson Cavani, Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly, Jesse Lingard and captain Harry Maguire all remaining in Manchester.
Maguire started and scored the crucial equaliser in Saturday's 4-1 victor over Newcastle but has been ruled out to face PSG with a slight injury, though it's hoped the centre-back will be fit again for the weekend's clash with.
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