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.
Gary Neville takes swipe at Bruno Fernandes' apology for Manchester United penalty miss
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Gary Neville thinks footballers making public apologies after missing penalties is "embarrassing".
Neville's comments come after Manchester United found themselves 1-0 down Aston Villa at the weekend due to a late goal from the visitors, but there would be another twist in the script when United were awarded a late penalty to ensure the points were shared.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo was on the pitch, Bruno Fernandes, who has been selected by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be United's assigned penalty taker, collected the ball to take the penalty, however, he failed to convert the chance with a wild effort.
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