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Bruno Fernandes

Portugal

8 September 1994

midfielder

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Bruno Fernandes 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. He is widely regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world.

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 United for an initial €55 million (£47 million), becoming at the time the second-highest fee for a Portuguese player leaving the domestic league. He has become a focal player for United, making more than 300 appearances for the club. Collectively, he has won the FA Cup and EFL Cup; he also contributed to the club reaching the UEFA Europa League final in 2021 and 2025, being the competition's top scorer in those two seasons, and the FA Cup final in 2023. In 2026, Fernandes was awarded the FWA Footballer of the Year, Premier League Player of the Season and PFA Players' Player of the Year. He also won the Premier League Playmaker of the Season for registering 21 assists, simultaneously breaking the record for most assists in a single Premier League season (a joint record in the top 5 leagues alongside Thomas Müller in the Bundesliga and Lionel Messi in La Liga).

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, and has been capped more than 90 times. Fernandes was chosen in Portugal's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2018, 2022 and 2026, the UEFA European Championship in 2020 and 2024, and the UEFA Nations League Finals in 2019 and 2025, winning the latter competition both times while also being named to its Team of the Tournament in 2019.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Fernandes with Portugal in 2026

⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes
Date of birth: (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth: Maia, Porto, Portugal
Height: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position: 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 (loan) 33 (5)
2017: Sampdoria 0 (0)
2017–2020: Sporting CP 83 (39)
2020–: Manchester United 233 (74)

⚽ International career‡:
2012: Portugal U19 2 (0)
2014: Portugal U20 5 (1)
2014–2017: Portugal U21 17 (6)
2016: Portugal Olympic 4 (0)
2017–: Portugal 94 (29)

📰 Google News (RSS)

Manchester United's plan for Bruno Fernandes revealed amid Man City fitness concern - Manchester Evening News

✐ Manchester Evening News
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

Man United should have cashed in on Bruno Fernandes when they had the chance - talkSPORT

✐ talkSPORT
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:45:34 GMT

Scenes: Bruno Fernandes invites Niko Omilana To Man Utd training - Sky Sports

✐ Sky Sports
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:28:39 GMT

Revealed: Why Bruno Fernandes was forced to play 90 minutes against Sabah as Man Utd captain spotted limping ahead of Manchester derby - Yahoo Sports UK

✐ Yahoo Sports UK
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:34:00 GMT

✐ nytimes.com
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:13:00 GMT

Who is the best FPL captain for Gameweek 4? - Premier League

✐ Premier League
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:41:03 GMT

Manchester United 4-0 Sabah: Champions League – as it happened - The Guardian

Manchester United 4-0 Sabah: Champions League – as it happened  The Guardian
Manchester United vs. Sabah player ratings as Michael Carrick's side earn big win in Champions League return  global.espn.com
Man United player ratings v Sabah: Fernandes 7, Tielemans 8, Sesko 8  thenationalnews.com

✐ The Guardian
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:13:20 GMT

Man Utd told they made ‘a massive error’ not selling ‘lazy’ Fernandes in the summer - Football365