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.
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For the first time in the group stage matches, Portugal manager, Fernando Santos arrived at the conclusion that he should drop Bruno Fernandes from his starting line-up — opting to start Joao Moutinho instead.
This came after former Old Trafford head honcho Jose Mourinho had slammed the United star, claiming the latter "was on the pitch but not playing" against Hungary and Germany.
Much criticism has been made of the Portuguese international and, after coming off the bench on Wednesday night, he was fortunate enough
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