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.
Peter Crouch explains why he's backed Man Utd star Bruno Fernandes to win Golden Boot
mirror.co.ukPeter Crouch insists Bruno Fernandes is the most likely winner of the Premier League Golden Boot award because of the number of penalties Manchester United are awarded.
The Red Devils were handed a record 14 penalties last season, with £46.5million signing Fernandes converting six of them after his arrival in January.
This campaign, it took just two games for United to earn their first spot kick, as VAR intervened to award a penalty for a handball infringement despite the full-time whistle being blown.
Fernandes stepped up and converted from 12 yards to give United a 3-2 win in the 10th minute of added time. And Crouch anticipates there will be many more spot kicks on the way for the Portugal star. "I have backed Bruno Fernandes to win
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