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 Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba return for Manchester United in tonight's Europa League fixture against FC Copenhagen.
Both men were rested for the dead rubber against LASK last week but return to the starting XI as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seeks his first trophy in charge of United.The duo are partnered in the engine room by Fred who is preferred to Nemanja Matic.Solskjaer has also stuck with cup goalkeeper Sergio Romero who keeps his place ahead of first-choice stopper David de Gea.Eric Bailly starts at centre-back alongside Harry Maguire with Victor Lindelof on the bench.
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