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's Bruno Fernandes disagrees with controversial referee decision for Arsenal goal
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has admitted that he thinks Manchester United's game against Arsenal on Thursday should have been stopped before the visitor's opening goal.
United beat Arsenal 3-2 at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo - the latter scored a brace - but the visitors drew first blood and scored the game's opener when Emile Smith Rowe's tame effort from distance found the back of the net.
David de Gea had gone down when Fred stamped on his boot from a corner just moments before Smith Rowe received the ball. Within the rules, the goal was perfectly legal but Fernandes felt referee Martin Atkinson had a moral obligation to halt proceedings.
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