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 inboxManchester United star Bruno Fernandes has shown his charitable side by offering to help Portuguese club Aves.Reports in the Portuguese press claim the financially-stricken club lost the keys to their coach ahead of their clash with Benfica last night, and players had to travel to the stadium themselves.While another claims that Aves have not paid wages since March due to the club’s off-field issues.And Afonso Figueiredo, a former Portugal Under-23s teammate of Fernandes, has opened up on the classy gestures from the former Sporting Lisbon man to help his teammates out. "Bruno Fernandes, in addition to being a great player on the pitch, still manages to be bigger outside him,” he told Sport TV.
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