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 seizes opportunity to make cutting Jose Mourinho remark after Man Utd win
mirror.co.ukPaul Scholes couldn't resist the opportunity to take a sly dig at Jose Mourinho as he discussed Manchester United's Europa League win over FC Copenhagen.
United are now into the semi-finals of the revamped tournament in Germany after a Bruno Fernandes extra-time penalty secured a hard-fought win over the Danish side.
The win means United have now reached their third semi-final of the season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and after the match there was much discussion about the display of forward Anthony Martial.
The Frenchman, who has emerged as a key player for Solskjaer, won the penalty from which Fernandes scored, and was a lively presence throughout the match.
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