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.
straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United defender Alex Telles has described making his Premier League debut as an 'amazing feeling' following Saturday's 1-0 victory against West Brom.United returned to action after the international break and, though their performance was far from convincing, won their first league game of the season at Old Trafford against the newly promoted Baggies.
Bruno Fernandes clinched the three points from the penalty spot, though it wasn't without drama as he missed his initial spot-kick but got another bite of the cherry after Sam Johnstone left his line as he made the save.
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