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 next Premier League fixtures compared with Liverpool FC, Tottenham and rivals
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United will be looking to build on Thursday night's Europa League triumph over Real Betis when they welcome Southampton to Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
United, just four days after their 7-0 mauling at the hands of Liverpool at Anfield, got back to winning ways with a convincing 4-1 win over the La Liga side in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 showdown.
After Marcus Rashford saw his first-half opener cancelled out by Ayoze Perez, the Reds rallied in the second half, scoring through Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst to put one foot in the quarter-finals.
But before they can think about finishing the job in Spain next week, the Reds will attempt to get back on track in the Premier League against strugglers Southampton.
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