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.
Here is your Manchester United Friday evening digest on October, 8. While Manchester United have yet to win a major trophy under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, players have been nominated for football’s biggest individual prize.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes have been nominated for the 2021 Ballon d’Or award alongside 28 players. Ronaldo has history in the award, first winning it in 2008 as a United player and then a further four times with Real Madrid.
Bruno is yet to win it but has been in spectacular form since joining United in January 2020. Read the full story here. It’s not just the experienced players being noticed for their stellar play, United’s next generation of stars have also been nominated for an award.
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