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.
straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans want to see Edinson Cavani start for the club from now on following his match-winning display against Southampton.
It looked as though United were going to suffer their fourth defeat of the Premier League season at half-time on the South Coast, as Saints had taken a two-goal lead thanks to a Jan Bednarek header and a wicked James Ward-Prowse free-kick.
In an attempt to salvage the situation, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sent on Cavani at half-time and the striker turned the match on its head.
United got a goal back just before the hour mark, with the Uruguayan playing a crucial role as his cross was controlled by Bruno Fernandes then dispatched into the net.
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