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.
Manchester United duo take their chance even in defeat to West Ham
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free United's most important player On a night where many of United's star players were allowed a rare rest the same couldn't be said for talisman Bruno Fernandes who once again earned a squad involvement.
His place on the bench might have been a ceremonial one but the fact he was there waiting in reserve on a night where Paul Pogba and Cristiano Ronaldo weren't speaks volumes of his importance to this side.
Ronaldo is by far the star player of the current squad but Fernandes remains the one who Solskjaer can rely upon the most to get him out a sticky situation if it is needed.
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