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 for freeThe Football Association has overturned Jan Bednarek's red card against Manchester United upon appeal.The Southampton defender was sent off after referee Mike Dean consulted his on-field monitor, judging the centre-back deliberately brought down Anthony Martial in the area for a penalty kick.The Saints were already trailing by seven goals after being reduced to ten men since the second minute before Dean gave Bednarek his marching orders and Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot.
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