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.
Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves praise Amad performance for Manchester United vs AC Milan
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freePaul Scholes hailed Amad's improvisation in opening the scoring for Manchester United against AC Milan.United put in a sluggish performance in the game, with Milan having two goals ruled out in a goalless first half.
Amad was introduced at half-time due to an injury to Anthony Martial and he made an impressive impact as he headed home from Bruno Fernandes' chipped pass, despite having his back to goal.
Speaking on BT Sport, Scholes praised the movement from the young attacker in the build-up to the goal.He said: "You have to obviously adjust to when the ball’s coming to him and that’s the best he could’ve done with that ball.
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