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.
Manchester United explain Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo penalty decision
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes his penalty options are unparalleled in world football despite seeing Bruno Fernandes blaze over the crossbar against Aston Villa.
United were awarded a stoppage-time penalty to rescue a point against Villa, but Fernandes took the spot-kick ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and could only find the Stretford End.
Fernandes has scored 21 of his previous 22 penalties for United and has established a reputation as a reliable penalty taker since arriving at Old Trafford, but Ronaldo has been the penalty taker for Real Madrid and Juventus and had been expected to resume duties at United since
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