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 player Bruno Fernandes gives verdict on Paul Pogba link up vs Tottenham
manchestereveningnews.co.uk1-1 draw with Tottenham as they produced a far improved second half display to fight back from a goal down. After Steven Bergwijn opened the scoring for Spurs, United levelled through a Fernandes penalty - which was won by Pogba, who induced a foul from Eric Dier.
It was just rewards for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his side, who introduced Pogba and Mason Greenwood to great effect after the hour mark.
Fernandes spoke to Sky Sports after the game and revealed how he'd been getting along with Pogba in United training. "We're training hard in the past weeks and when we were in groups, I was in a group with Paul," revealed Fernandes. "To find a connection is easier, but I find a good connection with everyone.
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