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 give David de Gea injury update after win vs Southampton
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hopeful David de Gea will be fit enough to face Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night despite being forced off with injury during the win at Southampton.
De Gea collided with a post as he attempted to stop James Ward-Prowse's first-half free-kick at St Mary's and he didn't return after the break, with Dean Henderson coming on for his Premier League debut for the club.
But De Gea was fit enough to take his seat in the stands for the second half and he witnessed a fine United comeback. Jan Bednarek and Ward-Prowse had beaten the Spaniard in the first half, but Bruno Fernandes struck in the second half before an Edinson Cavani double sealed all three.
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