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 have six players with points to prove
manchestereveningnews.co.uk1-1 draw away to Tottenham Hotspur.Bruno Fernandes’ late penalty ensured Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side avoided defeat in their first game since March after Steven Bergwijn had given Spurs a first-half lead.
Solskjaer would have been pleased with Paul Pogba’s impact as the Frenchman - playing for the first time since December - won the penalty and showed some nice touches after replacing Fred.
However, while the United boss will be excited by a possible Fernandes-Pogba partnership in midfield, the Norwegian will want to see contributions from his whole squad with the club set to play nine games in the next five weeks, in league and cup.
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