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.
straight to your inbox Andreas Pereira leaped to the defence of teammate Victor Lindelof following Manchester United's exit from the Europa League.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side went out of Europe on Sunday night after they let an early lead slip against Spanish side Sevilla.Bruno Fernandes had given United the lead from the penalty spot early on before former Liverpool winger Suso drew his side level before half-time.United dominated proceedings after the break but were wasteful in front of goal before Luuk de Jong capitalised on some poor defending to win the game late on for Sevilla.Fernandes was seen having a heated discussion with Lindelof after Sevilla netted their second goal of the game, with many fans blaming the Swede for his role in.
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