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 urges Man Utd stars to come of age ahead of crunch £100m clash
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his Manchester United players to prove they have come of age in Sunday’s £100million game.
Having endured their worst start to a league campaign for 30 years, United can end it back among Europe’s elite by making the Champions League.
Back in January, after a 2-0 home defeat to Burnley, United’s hopes of a top-four finish seemed over with Solskjaer’s side trailing Leicester by 14 points with 14 games to go.
But a 13-game unbeaten run in the league, aided largely by the January arrival of Bruno Fernandes, has seen the Reds storm up to third, a point ahead of Sunday’s opponents Leicester.
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