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 has named himself in his dream five a-side team of Manchester United players. The Nigerian forward was asked to pick his ideal side from throughout his career but elected to only choose members of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's current first-team.
Four of the players Ighalo picked have been signed by the Norweigan manager with summer signings Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka chosen in defence.
The 30-year-old picked Bruno Fernandes as his solitary midfielder while he decided to partner himself with Anthony Martial in the two-pronged attack.
Speaking in a Periscope interview on Twitter with Juliet Bawuah, the United loanee revealed his line-up. "I will stick with Manchester United players," Ighalo said. "In the back I will put the
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