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.
Manchester United star Harry Maguire jokingly took the credit for Bruno Fernandes’ stunning free-kick against Liverpool on Sunday.
Fernandes came off the bench to fire United into the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday and dump Liverpool out in the process.He had been dropped for the game in order to get some rest, but replaced Donny van de Beek late in the game and made the difference with a terrific free-kick.Fernandes fired the ball past Alisson Becker at his near post, hitting the ball low and hard and giving the goalkeeper little chance.However, Maguire jokingly believes he deserves some credit for the strike.The centre-back placed himself on the end of the Liverpool wall, just ahead of Sadio Mane and Thiago Alcantara.When Fernandes.
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