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 makes Bruno Fernandes admission after leaving him out of starting XI
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer admits he benched Bruno Fernandes because he was struggling with a "niggly" injury ahead of Manchester United's trip to West Ham.
Fernandes has been a mainstay in the starting XI this season and contributed 10 goals and six assists in 16 appearances. But the Portugal midfielder was only fit enough to be named among the substitutes for the trip to the London Stadium on Saturday evening.
He was sorely missed during the first half and introduced immediately after half-time with United trailing 1-0 thanks to Tomas Soucek's opener.
Fernandes helped kickstart the Red Devils' recovery, assisting Paul Pogba's equaliser and creating countless other chances as Solskjaer's side emerged 3-1 victors in east London.
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