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.
Brandon Williams has named Juan Mata as his best-ever Manchester United teammate, labelling him as a 'magician.' Williams has shared the dressing room with plenty of top-quality players - the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Raphael Varane and Paul Pogba, to name but a few - since making his United debut in 2019 but it's Mata who has earned the honour of his greatest colleague at Old Trafford.
Mata left Manchester after seven-and-half years this past summer during which time he became a firm fan favourite thanks to his dazzling skill, iconic goals against Liverpool and the significant role he played in the club's last trophy triumphs.
The Spaniard was also appreciated by his teammates, as Williams reveals. ALSO READ: Martial blasts Mourinho and Solskjaer "I'd probably say Juan Mata, because he's a magician on the ball," Williams told GOAL. "He takes control of games in the way he plays.
He's a good guy off the pitch as well - he speaks to us and he helps us." Mata's hunt for a new club came to an end earlier this week as he joined Turkish giants Galatasaray on a free transfer, signing a deal until the end of the season with the option for a further year.
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