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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thinks Scott McTominay 'times his arrivals' into the box like Manchester United legend Paul Scholes.
Solskjaer couldn't have dreamt a better start for United as they began the new Premier League season in incredible fashion, beating historic rivals Leeds 5-1 thanks to Bruno Fernandes' hat-trick and goals from Mason Greenwood and Fred.
The Reds delivered an utterly dominant display at Old Trafford, which was a statement of intent to their league competitors, and although Fernandes and Paul Pogba will understandably grab the headlines, United's stars all emerged with credit on Saturday.
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