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.
straight to your inbox every day for freePaul Pogba has been praised for his recent Manchester United performances despite question marks over his future at Old Trafford.Pogba's future was once again plunged into uncertainty by agent Mino Raiola in December when he said the midfielder's time at United was over and talked up a potential return to Juventus.
Yet, since then, the midfielder has produced a string of strong performances and played his way back into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's starting XI.
The Frenchman played the full 90 minutes of the Reds' 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Friday evening and put in a strong performance, winning a penalty that Bruno Fernandes converted for the decisive goal.
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