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 morning headlines as Fernandes sets new record and legends clash over penalty decision
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Sunday, November 22nd.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes that referee David Coote made three correct calls on different penalty shouts as United squeezed past West Bromwich Albion on Saturday evening.Coote first awarded West Brom a penalty for a foul by Bruno Fernandes on Conor Gallagher.
However, upon considering VAR, he reversed his decision. Then he awarded United a penalty for a handball, before using VAR again to deem that Fernandes’ missed penalty should be retaken as Sam Johnson was off his line when he made the save.
Fernandes then duly converted his second attempt. Afterwards, Solskjaer defended Coote’s three decisions. “We're delighted to.
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