- Full Name: Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes
- Jersey Name: Bruno Fernandes
- Birth date: 08-09-1994 (27)
- Birth Place: Maia (Porto)
- Nationality: Portugal
Fernandes: Career
- Manchester United – 2019-2023
- Sporting CP – 2017-2020
- Sampdoria – 2016-2017
- Udinese – 2013-2017
- Milan – 2013-2014
- Udinese Sub 19 – 2013-2014
- Novara – 2012-2013
- Novara Sub 19 – 2012-2013
- Spezia – 2013-2014
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (European Portuguese: born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Portugal national team.
Fernandes is known for his goalscoring, playmaking, leadership, penalty taking, and work rate.
Born in Maia, Porto, Fernandes started his career at Italian Serie B side Novara but soon made a move to Serie A side Udinese in 2013, followed by Sampdoria three years later. After five years in Italy, he signed with Sporting CP in 2017, where he was named club captain.
He won back-to-back Taças da Liga in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Taça de Portugal, leading to him being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year and Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both seasons.
In 2018–19, he scored a record of 33 goals in all competitions, making him the highest-scoring Portuguese midfielder and the highest-scoring midfielder in Europe in a single season.
Fernandes’ performances sparked the interest of several Premier League clubs, with Manchester United signing him for an initial €55 million (£47 million) in January 2020, becoming at the time, the second-highest fee for a Portuguese player leaving the domestic league.
Fernandes is a former Portugal youth international, representing his country at under-19, under-20, under-21 and under-23 levels. He represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
He made his senior international debut in 2017, being chosen in Portugal’s squads for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals and UEFA Euro 2020, winning the 2019 competition on home soil, while being named in the Team of the Tournament.
