Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United, which he captains, and the Portugal national team. Regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world, he is known for his passing ability, vision, creativity, and penalty technique.
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. He won back-to-back Tacas da Liga in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Taca 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. In January 2020, Fernandes signed with Manchester United for an initial €55 million (£47 million), 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, UEFA Euro 2020 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, winning the 2019 competition on home soil, while being named in the Team of the Tournament.<\/P>","7F6018B84729B122B8EE7594158DA382":"Sporting Clube de Portugal,UC Sampdoria,Udinese Calcio,Novara Calcio,Boavista(U19)","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","147403B66C8CB5C7":"239","2F200EF80307E2A90BE724565D2038D0":"2020-1-29","3F6EEC72E60D52B53E2E6377341938DB":"1","F52748F924D1E675":"69kg","75B83B44A2FCDD1B4FF631FCD2E3CC16":"8","7777CB48C34672EC8F83E174F0B7EFC7":"","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes","4EB8C1CDD4A86AD4B213AF7FAE87E4FE":"Sporting Clube de Portugal","D1BA8203CB0653674BC0BB939FB9C9015E7A5DD213AB87AF":"1","86178E7285C328960D9569BD40C7D883":"1994-9-8","D1BA8203CB065367D63301112214EF98":"70000000.00","8084EC95B881D770":"Manchester United F.C.","1BB8AF7BD3F66066":"179cm","A494ABC507986833":"Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes","0E9052569923A91555E1DAF3C456F9CD":"
CLUB
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Sporting CP<\/STRONG>
Taca de Portugal: 2018–19
Taca da Liga: 2017–18, 2018–19
Manchester United<\/STRONG>
FA Cup: 2023–24; runner-up: 2022–23
EFL Cup: 2022–23
UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2020–21
INTERNATIONAL
<\/U>Portugal<\/STRONG>
UEFA Nations League: 2018–19
INDIVIDUAL
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SJPF Young Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>August 2017, September 2017, October\/November 2017, February 2018, April 2018
Primeira Liga Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>August 2017, September 2017, April 2018, December 2018, February 2019, March 2019, April 2019
Primeira Liga Goal of the Month:
<\/STRONG>August 2017, September 2017
Primeira Liga Midfielder of the Month:
<\/STRONG>August 2017, October\/November 2018, December 2018, January 2019, February 2019, March 2019, April 2019, August 2019, September 2019, January 2020
LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2017–18, 2018–19
Primeira Liga Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2017–18, 2018–19
UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
Sporting CP Footballer of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2018, 2019
CNID Footballer of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2019
UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament:
<\/STRONG>2019
PFA Fans' Premier League Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>February 2020, June\/July 2020
PFA Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2020–21 Premier League
Premier League Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>February 2020, June 2020, November 2020, December 2020
Premier League Goal of the Month:
<\/STRONG>June 2020, February 2021, September 2023
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2019–20, 2020–21
Manchester United Goal of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2020–21 (vs. Everton, 6 February 2021)
FSA Men's Player of the Year Award:
<\/STRONG>2020
ESM Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2020–21<\/P>","e_index":2};