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 lifts the lid on Man Utd signing personally approved by Cristiano Ronaldo
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer admits he sought Cristiano Ronaldo's advice before signing Bruno Fernandes. The Manchester United boss added the Portuguese star in January in what has proved to be an inspired signing.
Fernandes has been hugely influential both on and off the pitch as the Red Devils charge towards the top four. And whilst the club have staff to analyse performances Solskjaer concedes just watching the playmaker is enough to understand his qualities.
And United legend Ronaldo also gave Fernandes glowing review which proved key. "We’ve got the chief scouts who do all the scouting, we’ve got the analysts who analyse and break everything down to a minutest detail.
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