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.
United wrapped up a comfortable Carabao Cup victory at Kenilworth Road, despite being made to work hard for much of the evening.
Ighalo made a rare start up front but laboured like many of his United teammates. Juan Mata's penalty separated the sides until Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a triple substitution, bringing on Rashford, Greenwood and Bruno Fernandes, who all had a hand in the two late goals, which sealed the win. “It was a very tough game,” Ighalo told MUTV. "We knew, from the start, that we were coming to play a tough side.
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