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.
Thomas Tuchel admits he tried to sign Man Utd superstar Bruno Fernandes
dailystar.co.ukChelsea manager takes on the Portuguese playmaker and Manchester United on Sunday but things could have been very different.PSG's sporting director made Tuchel aware of Fernandes and his qualities at Sporting Lisbon and the club fought hard to get him.However, Fernandes sealed a move to United where he's gone on to have an incredible impact - scoring 22 goals and assisting 13 in 38 appearances this season."My first sporting director in Paris was Antero Henrique, who is Portuguese," said Tuchel."He knew Bruno very, very well.
He fought hard to have a connection to him and to bring him to our team because he was a big personality for Sporting."An effective goalscorer, and an effective guy to make the other players around him dangerous."It was.
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