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 was eager to point out the hard work of Manchester United's holding midfielders in their derby-day triumph. Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw stole the headlines with their goals which earned United a 2-0 win at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon.
Fernandes put the Red Devils ahead from the penalty spot in the second minute and Shaw doubled the lead shortly after half-time.
United were incisive on the counter-attack when they did have the ball, but lots of their best work came when they were out of possession.
Scholes was especially impressed with holding midfield duo Fred and Scott McTominay, and credited them with keeping City's creative stars such as Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan quiet. "A big thing was getting the midfield
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