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 is busting biggest Manchester United myth with early Premier League form
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeBruno Fernandes proved the star of the show again on Saturday after he scored twice in Manchester United’s 3-1 away victory against Everton.
In that fixture, not only did he take his tally up to 18 goals for United across all competitions, but he also set up the third goal and first for summer recruit Edinson Cavani.
These sorts of performances have become a regular occurrence for Fernandes in a red shirt and they act as a reminder as to why the club worked so hard to bring him to the Premier League in January.
He has proven to be a key cog within the tactical makeup of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, efficiently moving the team up the pitch when he’s on the ball, but also knowing when to press and which.
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