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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes will be eyeing another piece of glory when Manchester United line up to face Aston Villa in the Premier League this weekend.
United go into the match off the back of a disappointing defeat to West Ham in midweek and know a much better showing is required if they are to return to winning ways.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to make wholesale changes for the visit of Villa on Saturday lunchtime with star midfielder Fernandes one of those expected to start the match.
Fernandes, 27, has scored in both of United's opening two league matches of the season so far and netted a first senior hat-trick in their
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