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.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has highlighted belief, hard work, fitness levels, mental robustness and the signing of Bruno Fernandes as the five main reasons for the Red Devils' upturn in form in the second half of the season.
United currently sit third in the Premier League table going into the final day of fixtures and are in the driving seat to secure a place in the Champions League next season.However, things were not looking so rosy earlier this season, losing their final league game in January 2-0 at home to Burnley to leave them on 34 points and in fifth place.They were six points off Chelsea in fourth and a mammoth 14 points off Leicester in third but have turned things around dramatically in the months that have.
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