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.
Talisman. Creative force. Attacking midfielder. Goalscorer. Director of Football? Bruno Fernandes has been a lot of things to Manchester United since he signed for the club in the January of 2020.
It was his mid-season arrival that propelled Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side to a strong finish that season and he has been a mainstay in the side ever since.
The playmaker is perhaps the most important player in the starting XI, one who can create something out of nothing, and was appointed as captain by Erik ten Hag this past summer.
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