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 has been slammed by furious Manchester United fans after missing an open goal in the club’s defeat by Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on Friday night.
United were dumped out of the competition in the fourth round after losing 8-7 on penalties to the Championship side following a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.
Anthony Elanga was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout, skying his effort over the bar in sudden death to hand Middlesbrough a famous win.
But it was not the young striker who received the most criticism on social media from fed up United fans.United had so many chances to win the match in normal time and could have gone in at the half-time break with a comfortable lead.
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