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's Alexis Sanchez problem as Arsenal hero makes Bruno Fernandes call
manchestereveningnews.co.ukChile coach Reinaldo Rueda has defended Manchester United loanee Alexis Sanchez who has struggled to find form since leaving Arsenal in 2018.
The 31-year-old has been on loan at Inter Milan this season in a bid to find the type of form that earned him a move to Old Trafford two years ago.
However, the forward has been unable to reach the heights of his Arsenal days. On his form, Rueda said: "It has been a traumatic, very tortuous year for him.
Ever since his departure from Arsenal and his first year at Manchester United," the Chile boss told SPORT. "He came to the Copa America in Brazil and then had that bad luck with the injury in the friendly against Colombia in Alicante.
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