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.
Bruno Fernandes hails unsung hero in Manchester United win vs Leeds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has hailed the impact Fred made on Manchester United in their 4-2 win against Leeds on Sunday afternoon. United led 2-0 at half-time of the match but crumbled again after the break when their Yorkshire rivals netted twice in a minute to turn the game on its head.
Ralf Rangnick's side were visibly shaken by the goals and decided to bring on Fred and Anthony Elanga in order to regain composure in the match, with both substitutes ending up on the score sheet soon after.
Fred gave United much-needed energy at a pivotal time in the match, and afterwards, Fernandes praised him for the impact he made. "Obviously, Fred is a player that works hard, and he is the kind of player who does not get a lot of media (attention) because he works hard, recovers a lot of balls," the Portuguese told MUTV. "He and Scotty (McTominay) are two players who are really important for us in many games.
I am really happy for him, also for Anthony who gets his goal, he deserves that." When asked about United's collapse early in the second-half Fernandes also admitted that his side were guilty of complacency after leading by two goals at the break.
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