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's penalty routine should be banned, claims Ian Wright
mirror.co.ukIan Wright has called on Premier League chiefs to ban the unorthodox penalty routine used by the likes of Bruno Fernandes as he claims it's "not fair".
Fernandes rolled out his trademark technique during Man Utd's clash with West Brom on Saturday, after his side were awarded a penalty in the 56th minute.
As usual, the Portuguese midfielder incorporated a small hop into his run-up in a bid to try and bamboozle the goalkeeper. But Baggies' No1 Sam Johnstone was equal to Fernandes's first effort, palming his shot away, only for the officials to order a retake as he had strayed some way off his line.
Not deterred by his initial miss, Fernandes repeated his tried and tested method, this time with better results as he found the net, causing
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