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.
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes took to social media to acknowledge his penalty miss during Manchester United's 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Saturday.
United were losing in added time after Kortney Hause headed home two minutes before the end to score the eventual winner. Hause gave away a penalty shortly after he scored, handling Fernandes' cross with Mike Dean pointing to the penalty spot after help from his assistant referee.
Fernandes, who had scored 21 of his previous 22 penalty kicks for the Red Devils, skied his 23rd over the bar. The 27 year-old took his miss to heart, posting a lengthy statement to social
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