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 freeRB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate responded cryptically on social media to an accusation of diving against Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood.The Bundesliga side secured a spot in the knockout stages of the Champions League at the expense of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side following a 3-2 victory in Germany.Early goals from Manchester City loanee Angelino and midfielder Amadou Haidara put the hosts in control, with the lead then added to in the second period by Justin Kluivert.United did stage a late fightback with Bruno Fernandes scoring from the penalty spot and Paul Pogba finding the net via a deflection off Harry Maguire, but couldn't find a third goal.
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