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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is delighted by the partnership which is developing between Bruno Fernandes and Anthony Martial at Manchester United.
United were in excellent form at the weekend as they secured an incredible 2-0 win over Man City in the derby fixture at Old Trafford.
Fernandes and Martial both put in excellent displays for their team on Sunday afternoon and linked up well to give their side the lead in the first-half.
Portuguese midfielder Fernandes lifted a beautiful free-kick into the box before Martial turned to volley the through ball beyond Ederson in the City net.
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