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 speaks out on Manchester United semi final record
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeBruno Fernandes admits Manchester United need to improve if they are to take the next step and win trophies after several semi-final defeats under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.United have lost four semi-finals in the last 13 months, three of which since Fernandes signed, the latest being Wednesday's loss to City in the Carabao Cup.
Admitting United need to continue to improve in order to win silverware, Fernandes said there is still plenty to fight for this season and urged his teammates to learn from another loss.He tweeted: "I’m very sad and disappointed to once again don’t (sic) reach a final."We have a lot to fight yet but we have to learn and understand that we can’t make the same mistakes anymore.
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