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.
Michael Carrick praises three Manchester United players after Villarreal win
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCaretaker manager Michael Carrick said Manchester United's Champions League win at Villarreal was for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United beat Villarreal 2-0 in their penultimate group stage game through goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho to qualify for the round-of-16 with a game to spare.
Carrick made four changes to the side that was thrashed 4-1 by Watford on Saturday, including the demotion of Bruno Fernandes, and late goals from Ronaldo and Sancho secured just United's eighth win out of 18 games this term.
Ronaldo's goals have secured all 10 of United's points in Group F but Carrick was also keen to praise the impacts of Fred and Sancho. "We said we've come here to win the game," he told BT Sport. "I believed we would, I
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