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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer details Bruno Fernandes Man Utd penalty trick which fooled Copenhagen
dailystar.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer has explained how Bruno Fernandes practices his penalties in training after the Portuguese star helped Manchester United into the Europa League semi-finals.Fernandes scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot as United needed extra-time to beat Copenhagen and progress to the last four.The January recruit steered clear of his familiar run-up routine that saw him jump before he strikes the ball.Instead, he just powered the ball past inspired Copenhagen goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson who may have been expecting the little hop.And Solskjaer has explained how Fernandes practices the different type of penalties regularly in training.Speaking on Fernandes’ penalty technique, Solskjaer said: "He knows keepers will.
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