Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Bruno Fernandes overtakes Manchester United great for penalty goals
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeBruno Fernandes's successful retake earned Manchester United their first Premier League home win of the season against West Brom and took him above Denis Irwin for penalty goals.Fernandes has netted 19 times in 34 appearances for United and 12 of them have come from 12 yards since he assumed the spotkick responsibility against Watford in February.The 26-year-old has only recorded one failure for United - at Newcastle last month - and his potency from the penalty spot means Fernandes has surpassed Irwin's haul of 11 penalty goals.Irwin took his first United spotkick in regulation time against Southampton in May 1995 and his final effort was at Anderlecht in October 2000.
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