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.
Odion Ighalo believes Bruno Fernandes will only continue to get better and better playing for Manchester United. The Portuguese midfielder has been an instant hit at Old Trafford with his performances crucial in the recent form established under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
In less than two months at the club Fernandes has netted three goals and notched three assists as part of an 11 match unbeaten run for United.
Fernandes shone again as United thrashed LASK on Thursday night, but Ighalo thinks the best is yet to come from the new midfield signing. "It's not my first time playing with Bruno.
I played with him at Udinese back in 2010," he told the BBC. "He's a great player. He has vision. He's the guy who wants the ball because he can do something
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