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.
Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes disagree over Manchester United vs West Brom incident
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeRio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes disagreed over whether it was clear that a West Brom penalty should have been overturned against Manchester United on Saturday night.After a low-key first half, the game burst into life shortly after the break when Bruno Fernandes was adjudged to have fouled West Brom's Conor Gallagher in the penalty area by David Coote.Yet, after being told to review the decision on the pitchside monitor, Coote opted to overturn the decision due to the fact Fernandes had made some contact with the ball.United won a penalty of their own minutes later, which Fernandes dispatched at the second attempt after a retake was ordered.Speaking on BT Sport after the match, former Reds defender.
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