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 slams "disgraceful" David Coote decision in Man Utd's win over West Brom
mirror.co.ukFormer Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has slammed referee David Coote after he overturned his decision to give West Brom a penalty against his old club.
After a first half which saw United fail to take a number of presentable chances, West Brom thought they had the opportunity to take the lead when Conor Gallagher went down after a challenge from Bruno Fernandes and Coote awarded a penalty.
But Coote was advised to look at the incident again by VAR on the pitchside monitor and he reversed his decision claiming Fernandes touched the ball before bringing down Gallagher.
United would then go on to win the match thanks to a Fernandes penalty, which was retaken after Baggies keeper Sam Johnstone was adjudged to have come off his line
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