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.
Bruno Fernandes has sent Raphael Varane a message after he appeared to suffer an injury in the Nations League Final. Following the game, Varane’s posted a photo on Instagram of him holding the UEFA Nations League trophy.
France beat Spain 2-1 in a game in which Varane was subbed off at the end of the first half with what looked like a leg injury, though the severity of it is yet to be known.
Smiling on Instagram and posting the trophy, Varane’s caption on the image read: “Champions.” Manchester United team-mate Fernandes responded with a number of fire emojis while Jesse Lingard also liked the picture.
Paul Pogba also played in the game, while Anthony Martial was an unused substitute. Sign up to our United newsletter so you never miss an
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