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 inboxGary Neville has never seen a player 'transform' a club like Bruno Fernandes has at Manchester United.Fernandes' form since joining United in January has helped change United's fortunes and they are unbeaten since before his arrival.
United could finish the season as high as third in the Premier League and are in the FA Cup semi-finals and have as good as qualified for the Europa League last eight.And that transformation, set in motion by Fernandes, is something Neville claims he has not seen before."I was worried for Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer)," he told the Webby and O'Neill podcast.
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