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's Bruno Fernandes problem comes to light again despite Man Utd win
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer was given a reminder of a worrying problem as Manchester United beat West Ham to secure a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
United are in the hat for Thursday's draw - but they made hard work of their victory, needing an extra-time winner from sub Scott McTominay to see off the Hammers.
Solskjaer had used all five substitutions before his side broke the deadlock - bringing on big guns Bruno Fernandes, Edinson Cavani and Luke Shaw in search of a winner.
And the manager was shown yet again that his Red Devils are not as effective in attack without their talisman Fernandes. The Portuguese playmaker has missed just two games all season in all competitions, and has come off the bench just three times - having been in the
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