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 morning headlines as Bruno Fernandes makes penalty vow
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day, freeFernandes vows to ‘do much better’ on future penalties after Newcastle missBruno Fernandes insisted he will score his next penalty after missing from the spot in Saturday’s win over against Newcastle.
The Portuguese midfielder had converted all 10 of his previous penalties since arriving at the club in January but was denied by Karl Darlow on Tyneside.
It seemed like a crucial miss with the scores level at 1-1, but Fernandes made amends with a late goal as United went on to win 4-1.“I'm human, it happens,” Fernandes told MUTV. “I don't want it to happen again, I didn't want it to happen today.
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