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 split on their player of the year choice
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United fans are split on their player of the season so far, with Luke Shaw narrowly beating Bruno Fernandes in MEN Sport's poll.
Over 27,000 United fans responded to the poll, with two clear favourites as to who should be named player of the year. Shaw gained 48 per cent of the vote with 13,455 votes, narrowly beating Fernandes into first place.
Attacking midfielder Fernandes earned 46 per cent of the vote, with a total number of 12,499 - just 956 votes behind Shaw. The duo were clearly out in front of the rest of their teammates, with the next highest vote share being Scott McTominay at just three per cent.
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