page_title: Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1994)
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1994) / International career
caption_attribution_description: Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha, Brasília, DF, Brasil, 13/8/2016 Foto: Andre Borges/Agência Brasília Portigal e Alemanha jogam neste sábado (12), no Estádio Mané Garrincha, pelas quartas de final do futebol masculino nas Olimpíadas 2016.
context_page_description: Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes is a Portuguese professional football player. He plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and for the Portugal national team.
  Fernandes was born in Maia, Porto. He started his career at Italian Serie B side Novara in 2012. The year after he went to Serie A side Udinese. He went to Sampdoria three years later. After five years in Italy, he signed with Sporting CP in 2017. He became the club captain. He won back-to-back Taças da Liga in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Taça de Portugal. This led him being named Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2018 and 2019. In 2018–19, he scored a record of 33 goals in all competitions. This made him him the Portuguese midfielder with the most goals and the midfielder in Europe with the most goals in a single season. Several Premier League clubs became interested in signing Fernandes. Manchester United signed him for an initial €55 million in January 2020. He became the second most expensive Portuguese player leaving the Portuguese league.
  Fernandes made his senior debut for Portugal in November 2017. Before this, he played at under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.
context_section_description: Fernandes has played for Portugal at five levels. Before he played in the senior team (the main Portugal team), he was captain of the under-21 team. Coach Rui Jorge made him captain.
  When he played in Italy, he did not play for Portugal. The national team first chose Fernandes on 28 August 2017. He took the place of Pizzi because he was injured. This was for World Cup qualifiers against the Faroe Islands and Hungary to be played the next month. However, he did not play in either match.
  Fernandes played for Portugal in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He started every game. The team reached the quarter-finals.
  Fernandes won his first full cap on 10 November 2017. He came on in place of Manuel Fernandes for the last 34 minutes of the 3–0 friendly win over Saudi Arabia in Viseu. Fernando Santos chose him in his team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He scored his first national team goal on 7 June. This was a header in the last warm-up match before the tournament, a 3–0 win against Algeria at the Estádio da Luz.
  Fernandes' first World Cup game was on 15 June 2018. He played 66 minutes in a 3–3 group stage draw against Spain. He received a yellow card in this match.
caption: Fernandes playing for Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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