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 responded to Amad Diallo’s goal-scoring performance by saying he “still has a lot to learn”.The 18-year-old came on in the second half of the club’s Europa League round-of-16 first-leg clash with AC Milan at Old Trafford.And he only needed five minutes before getting a first senior goal, latching onto Bruno Fernandes’ cross with a backwards header.
While the teenager was bombarded by his team-mates, fans could not get over the similarities to club legend Javier Hernandez’s carbon-copy strike against Stoke 10 years ago.
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