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.
Christian Eriksen makes admission about Manchester United midfield's remarkable record
manchestereveningnews.co.ukChristian Eriksen says his collaboration with Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes is one of the best midfields he has played in. Manchester United have won 15, drawn two and lost none when Eriksen, Casemiro and Fernandes have started together and the trio were on vintage form in the 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Fernandes is suspended for United's Europa League quarter-final second leg against Sevilla on Thursday night and the fit-again Marcel Sabitzer could come in. Also read: Ten Hag feels United have learnt a lesson from first leg "Two very good football players," Eriksen said of Casemiro and Fernandes. "For me, it is easy.
For anyone, to fill in the extra gap between them, it has been easy. "It has been good. I didn’t even know we had that many games without losing but that's something in the future that we want to keep going. "I think this midfield is one of the best I have been part of.
Obviously, earlier I was a bit further up the pitch, more of a striker than a midfielder but still dropping down. "I think midfield-wise, it's probably one of the best I've been in.
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