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.
Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes in his crazy run-up.Emulating the talents of three-world class footballers would surely result in an unstoppable spot-kick, right?Wrong.
The 25-year-old couldn't have failed more spectacularly as he became one of three Palmeiras stars to miss from the spot, with his undoubtedly the silliest.With no goals scored in 90 minutes or extra time, the match in Qatar looked set to go down as a huge anti-climax.But the entertainment was still to come in the shoot-out.Rony's first mistake was starting his run-up so far back he was almost further away from the ball than the keeper.Starting in the D outside the penalty area, he emulated Neymar's technique of shuffling sideways to his left before launching at the ball at.
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