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 inboxMicah Richards has mocked Rio Ferdinand over his previous comments on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after his tweet following the derby win over Manchester City.
Richards was left to wonder what went wrong for City as their 21-match winning run came to an end at the hands of their fiercest rivals - who produced a brilliant display at the Etihad Stadium.
Pep Guardiola 's men were huge favourites going into the derby, but Gabriel Jesus fouled Anthony Martial very early on in the clash to hand United a penalty.
Bruno Fernandes converted, despite Ederson 's best efforts and they doubled their lead in the second-half. Luke Shaw capped off an excellent move from the visitors to score just his second goal for the Reds.
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