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.
Bruno Fernandes' sensational double and a fine opener from Mason Greenwood secured all three points for United at the Amex, while the back line also notched another clean sheet.
It's the 11th time they have done so in the past 15 games, with Lindelof and Harry Maguire forming a solid partnership at the back.Lindelof told MUTV after the game that the tight defence was just as important to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side as a free-flowing attack. “We want to score a lot of goals and then of course we want to keep a clean sheet as well, so I’m very happy for that,” he said.“As a defensive unit today, as well as a team, we defended very well.
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