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 star Paul Pogba has revealed he studied Bruno Fernandes when he first joined the club to ensure the pair would be a success playing alongside each other.Fernandes has hit the ground running since joining from Sporting Lisbon in January but Pogba was absent for the Portuguese international's first five league games with an ankle problem.During that time, Pogba analysed Fernandes' game and that has enabled the pair to flourish post-lockdown, inspiring United to go unbeaten since football has returned. "When Bruno arrived, I get that I need to understand him straight away," Pogba told BT Sport."I didn’t want one month to adapt to his game so I watched him, watched his position, how he used the ball, what he’s good at so when.
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