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.
How Bruno Fernandes has surprised Manchester United in training results
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes quickened the pace during his lockdown training and was one of the fastest Manchester United players for max speed.
Although Fernandes is not renowned for his pace, he ranked with United's quickest players in a table charting professional athletes' fitness.
United have monitored their players while they trained individually over the last two months via GPS analysis, and Fernandes is understood to have clocked a top speed of 34.27kmh, based on sprints over 5.5 metres.
Daniel James was the fastest United player with 36.8kmh. Under-18 captain Teden Mengi is pushing for a first-team squad promotion this year and broke into the first-team fitness fold, finishing behind only James, Axel Tuanzebe, and Jesse Lingard in the top
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