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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United trio Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes and Mason Greenwood were included in Garth Crooks' BBC team of the week.
In Saturday's early kick-off, United ran out impressive 5-1 winners in their opening Premier League game against Leeds United, owing to outstanding performances from the acclaimed triumvirate.
Pogba, coming off the back of an excellent Euro 2020, picked up right where he left off by setting up four of United goals - more assists than the Frenchman registered in the entirety of the 2020/21 Premier League campaign.
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