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 will be looking to win back-to-back Premier League games for just the third time this season when they face Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
After going four games without a win in all competitions, United came from two goals behind to beat high-flyers Aston Villa 3-2 at Old Trafford in their last outing.
Alejandro Garnacho starred while Rasmus Hojlund finally got his first Premier League goal, and Erik ten Hag will be hoping his side can carry the momentum forward into their clash with Nottingham Forest.
The last meeting between the two sides saw United come from two goals behind again to win 3-2 at Old Trafford, with Christian Eriksen, Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes all getting on the scoresheet.
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