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.
Man Utd avoided potentially awkward penalty incident vs Tottenham
dailystar.co.ukManchester United may have been gutted to miss out on a second penalty – but it saw them avoid a potentially awkward incident.The Red Devils salvaged a draw against Tottenham when Paul Pogba won a penalty in the second half, which Bruno Fernandes guided into the bottom-left corner.And they almost had the chance to win the game after referee Jon Moss awarded a penalty when Eric Dier clashed with the midfielder – but it was turned over by VAR.United, though, may have avoided an embarrassing moment by having the set piece ruled out.MEN wrote on Twitter: “Minor point from last night.“It was odd [Marcus] Rashford was going to take the second penalty when Fernandes had scored his, has a 100% record, and given the farce of the Wolves penalty.
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