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.
Manchester United might have left it late against Fulham on Saturday lunchtime - but they got the job done with Bruno Fernandes scoring a dramatic stoppage-time winner.
It looked for all the world that United would have to settle for a share of the spoils on their latest visit to the capital.
However, captain Fernandes had other ideas as he curled a last-gasp effort into the net. The result helped United start to atone for heavy back-to-back defeats against Manchester City and Newcastle in separate competitions which had left manager Erik ten Hag under pressure and with some players even starting to doubt him, Here's our national media round-up from the Fulham game; ALSO READ: United provide update on Maguire and Rashford ALSO READ: Pellistri did exactly what United asked vs Fulham Neil Johnston from BBC Sport wrote: "Travelling fans made it clear they wanted to see more heart and effort from their team when they unfurled a banner which read 'Play like you mean it' before kick-off.
After a wretched season, Ten Hag will take any positives he can at the moment and will hope this result will be a springboard for a better run of form in their next matches. "Prior to Fernandes scoring his third club goal this season, United were flat and unconvincing as they struggled to make an impact against opponents in the bottom half of the table.
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