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.
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukNumerous Manchester United stars will have returned to their Carrington base over the last few days following September's international break.
Bruno Fernandes, Diogo Dalot, Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt were among those to depart England - with the quartet encountering very different breaks from domestic action.
Fernandes and Dalot were hugely involved in Portugal's two Nations League wins over Croatia and Scotland. The duo were both on target, too, with Dalot also scoring an own goal against Croatia, after giving his nation the lead.
Just a few days later, Fernandes netted an equaliser after ex-United player Scott McTominay had given Scotland the lead with another ex-United star in Cristiano Ronaldo grabbing a winner.
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