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.
Nani explains key role in convincing Bruno Fernandes to join Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Manchester United winger Nani has revealed that he convinced Bruno Fernandes to join the club. Nani rejoined Sporting Lisbon in 2018 for his second spell, after first leaving the club in 2007 for United.
The Portuguese star would spend eight years with United, winning four Premier League trophies and one Champions League, before leaving in 2015.
Three years later, he would rejoin the Portuguese club where he started his career, and played alongside rising star Bruno Fernandes.
This season was to be Fernandes' breakout year in which he would command attention from some of the best clubs around the world, having scored 32 goals from central midfield.
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