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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Rio Ferdinand has heaped praise on Paul Pogba's performances this season after he registered his sixth and seventh assists of the season against Newcastle.
Pogba registered the final pass before goals from Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard during the 4-1 win at Old Trafford, with the headlines dominated by the returning Cristiano Ronaldo and his two goals on his (second) United debut.
Pogba became the first player to register seven assists in the first four games of a Premier League season and also has the most assists in the division in 2021, with 10.
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