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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Bruno Fernandes took Man Utd decision 'really well' over rest
dailystar.co.ukManchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is aware of the influence of Bruno Fernandes.The Portugal international has now scored 21 goals and laid on 13 assists across only 35 appearances in all competitions for the Red Devils since leaving Sporting in January.His presence in the side has even been compared to that of Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 118 goals in 292 outings for the club between 2003 and 2009.Solskjaer went on to discuss why he was worried about resting Fernandes for their Champions League clash against RB Leipzig last month, which they went on to win 5-0.He said of Fernandes in his press conference on Friday: ”He does have that presence (like Ronaldo). “Just look at the results since he came in.
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