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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Last weekend’s opening game against Leeds saw Manchester United record a convincing 5-1 win, an impressive haul, which included a hat-trick from Bruno Fernandes and a goal each from Mason Greenwood and Fred.
Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the reins at United in December 2018, this is now the 10th occasion on which they have scored five or more goals in a game.
This is a marked improvement in attack when compared to the eras of David Moyes, Louis Van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, with the aforementioned United bosses only mustering hauls of more than five goals on just two occasions between them.
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