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 told Manchester United players before Leeds fixture
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeVictor Lindelof revealed that Manchester United's intention to fly out of the blocks against Leeds United worked to perfection.The United centre-back was among the goalscorers in a 6-2 rout for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side at Old Trafford, with Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes bagging a brace apiece.
Lindelof told MUTV after the game that United were eager to match Marcelo Bielsa's side for intensity, as per Solskjaer's pre-match instructions.
United have had a habit of going a goal down in games this season but McTominay had made it 2-0 inside three minutes at Old Trafford. "You always want to start games well," Lindelof said.
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