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 broke home fans' hearts and a Manchester City record with his early penalty at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon.The Man Utd ace tucked home his tenth spot-kick of the campaign to put United 1-0 up with just two minutes on the clock after Gabriel Jesus had tripped Anthony Martial inside the box.United dominated the game and made it 2-0 in the second-half through Luke Shaw's well-taken finish as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men closed the gap on their neighbours at the top to 11 points.
And while City fans will be seething at the result, they'll also be upset at allowing their great rivals to break a particular record which has stood for 18 years.
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