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.
Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry agree about Manchester United penalty decision
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer has been told that he was right to stick to his guns for Manchester United's penalties. In the dying embers of a 1-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa, prolific spot-kick taker Bruno Fernandes blazed over the crossbar to compound a dismal afternoon for United at Old Trafford.
At the same time as neighbours Manchester City sent a statement to other Premier League title contenders with a confident win over Chelsea, United suffered their first reverse of the campaign.
That injury-time miss was only the fourth time that Fernandes has passed up from the spot during his career. Indeed, the Portuguese sensation had converted 93 per cent of his attempts prior to kick-off and maintains a strong record of 38 goals from 42
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