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 Manchester United got their 2021/22 Premier League campaign underway with a storming 5-1 win over Leeds.
United, who thumped Leeds 6-2 at Old Trafford last season, were in glittering form as Bruno Fernandes helped himself to his first hat-trick since joining the club from Sporting Lisbon in 2020.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will hope that United can carry on their excellent form at St.Mary's this weekend against a Southampton side who Everton comfortably beat in their opening game of the Premier League season.
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