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 willing to step aside from Man Utd penalty duty despite spot-kick success
dailystar.co.ukBruno Fernandes admits he is proud to be the new spot-kick king at Manchester United. But the Portuguese sensation insists he is willing to step aside and let someone else take penalties if they ask him to.Fernandes, who joined United from Sporting Lisbon in a £67.4m deal in January, has been a revelation at United with a string of blistering performances.The midfielder has a 100 percent record so far - but insists there is much more to his game than this and that taking penalties requires a lot of bottle.He said: "We can't talk a lot about penalties because everybody will say, 'Bruno only scores with penalties'.
If the others score them, it's no problem! They just score a penalty, you know!'"Penalties are part of the game, you know. You.
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