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.
What Ole Gunnar Solskjaer first noticed about Bruno Fernandes during Man Utd scouting trip
dailystar.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer knew that Manchester United were in desperate need of Bruno Fernandes during an early scouting session while he was playing for Sporting.The Portugal international has been undoubtably one of the best players in the Premier League since his arrival in January of 2020, scoring 21 goals and adding 16 assists across 37 league outings.The 26-year-old has won four Premier League Player of the Month awards across just eight full months of competition, and Solskjaer was expecting a big impact before his arrival.The Norwegian has mentioned the attributes he wanted Fernandes to bring to his squad, but admitted that he wasn’t expecting such an impressive first 12 months."I went to see him live myself and really liked the fire in.
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