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 give Bruno Fernandes new nickname after Brighton win
manchestereveningnews.co.uk3-0 victory at the Amex Stadium. He scored twice, the second of which capped a remarkable United counter-attack, and he was once again awarded Man Of The Match.He is delivering on the £47million transfer fee that United paid to bring him from Sporting Lisbon in January.
Fernandes hasn't lost in a United shirt since signing, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side on a 15-game unbeaten run.Solskjaer chose to give Fernandes some rest in the final half hour at Brighton.
The 25-year-old was replaced by Andreas Pereira in the 64th minute, with United's upcoming home clash with Bournemouth in mind.Fernandes was then captured by TV cameras sipping from a big bottle of milk.
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