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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United start their Champions League campaign against Young Boys in Switzerland on Tuesday evening.
United travel to Bern for their first group stage game after beating Newcastle 4-1 on Saturday. A brace from Cristiano Ronaldo on his second debut for the club was accompanied by goals from Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side put the Magpies to the sword after a mini-scare.
The win saw United move to the top of the Premier League and they’ll be heavy favourites to get their European campaign off to the perfect start.
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