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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes has admitted he is frustrated and disappointed with his penalty miss in the late stages of Saturday lunchtime's defeat to Aston Villa.
Manchester United were poor throughout the fixture, looking disjointed under pressure from an inspired Villa side who were well worth a result.
Dean Smith's men took the lead in the 88th minute with a header from defender Kortney Hause. There was VAR controversy with the goal, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suggesting it should not have stood because Villa striker Ollie Watkins was impeding the view and movement of David de Gea whilst standing in an offside position.
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