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.
Dean Henderson showcased key advantage he has over David de Gea in Manchester United win at West Ham
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeFor an hour at the London Stadium Manchester United had struggled to get behind West Ham, lacking the quality of passing to find players either between or beyond the defensive lines.But that all changed with one swipe of Dean Henderson's right boot.
As he came well outside of his area, towards the right touchline, to clear the ball it looked like United were the team on the back foot, but rather than just making sure his lines were cleared, the goalkeeper sent a looping ball down the touchline, finding the run of Bruno Fernandes, and seconds later United were level.It was a goal that came out of nowhere and turned the game on its head.
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