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 star Bruno Fernandes compared to Man City's Kevin De Bruyne after LASK victory
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOwen Hargreaves has heaped praise on Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes by comparing him to Man City player Kevin De Bruyne.
Fernandes helped United take control of their Europa League last-16 tie with a comfortable 5-0 win over LASK . Odion Ighalo set the Reds on their way in the opening 45 minutes before goals from Daniel James, Juan Mata, Mason Greenwood and Andreas Pereira followed in the second half.
And not for the first time since his arrival in January, Fernandes impressed for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side , who extended their unbeaten run to 11 games in Austria.
And having already hailed the former Sporting Lisbon as the “real deal” before the game, Hargreaves was quick to compare the midfielder to the Belgian afterwards. “Eve
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