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.
Michael Carrick suggests another role for Donny van de Beek at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMichael Carrick says Manchester United have an idea of where Donny van de Beek could establish himself in the team but also praised the Dutchman's flexibility.
Van de Beek excelled as a second-half substitute at Watford last week, scoring his first goal in over a year from a deep-lying role and emerging as the sole positive from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's last match in charge of United.
The 24-year-old was named in the starting XI for Carrick's first match as manager against Villarreal at the expense of playmaker Bruno Fernandes but Van de Beek was substituted for the Portuguese with the game goalless and United went on to win 2-0.
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