 Fernandes with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 September 1994[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Maia, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Infesta | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2012 | Boavista | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | → Pasteleira (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Novara | 23 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Udinese | 86 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Sampdoria | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Sporting CP | 83 | (39) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Manchester United | 159 | (54) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Portugal U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Portugal U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Portugal | 71 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:33, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 5 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (European Portuguese: [ˈbɾunu fɨɾˈnɐ̃dɨʃ];[3] 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,[4] he is known for his creativity, playmaking, shooting and penalty-taking.
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 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. 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 FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, the UEFA European Championship in 2020 and 2024, and the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals, winning the latter competition on home soil while also being named to its Team of the Tournament.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Jeevathayalan, Vijievan (12 September 2023). "The 20 best midfielders in the world have been ranked". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 8 July 2024.