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.
Why Bruno Fernandes has shown numbers don’t mean everything at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes’ career in Manchester is severely underrated, from high goal contributions to the intangibles he brings, he is arguably the best player to grace the Theatre of Dreams in years.
When he first joined the club from Sporting Lisbon back in January 2020, Fernandes hit the ground running, with eight goals and seven assists in just 14 games to end the season, he was a lockdown hit.
Since that initial run, Fernandes has consistently been United’s main man, and has racked up 60 goals and 52 assists in a whopping 175 games for the club to date.
However, this season has been his best in the red of United, despite a slight drop in goal contributions. Also read: Ten Hag likens Antony to Robben This is because despite the magnitude of goals and assists early on, he was often criticised for his perceived ‘hero ball’ attitude to football.
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