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.
Odion Ighalo details three Bruno Fernandes strengths that will see him become Man Utd hero
mirror.co.ukOdion Ighalo has hailed Manchester United teammate Bruno Fernandes and highlighted three qualities which will allow him to “take the Premier League by storm”.
Fernandes moved to Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon in a £67.6m January move and has shone for the Red Devils, picking up the Premier League Player of the Month award for February.
The 25-year-old has scored three goals and provided four assists in his nine appearances in all competitions and formed a potent partnership with his fellow midfielders and attackers.
And Ighalo, who joined United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua in January, believes his teammate possesses three qualities which will allow him to establish himself as one of the Premier League’s top talents. "He is intelligent,
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