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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dailystar.co.ukCan Ronaldo win the league title for Manchester United? Comment belowPortugal have some very capable free-kick takers within their ranks, but none were every going to take the dead balls away from Ronaldo.Determined to entertain and be the difference, Ronaldo was over most free kicks within range for Santos’ side.
Ronaldo’s dead eyed stance as he picks which square in the net to hit the ball into is one of the most iconic sights in football.
United fans will be regularly seeing that stance again once more. 21 of the 43 goals Bruno Fernandes has scored for United have come from the penalty spot.Unfortunately for the classy midfielder, if he is going to continue his magnificent scoring record for United, he will have to start grabbing some.
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