During a decade at Real Madrid, the 38-year-old Portuguese became as renowned for a perceived lack of sportsmanship as he did for being one of Europe's elite defenders. "I believe he has gained a reputation based on images from one or two Real Madrid games. He ended up at Porto, who had just won the Champions League under Jose Mourinho. It did not take long for Real Madrid to come calling. They qualified from Manchester City's Champions League group and were the only team to take a point off them in that phase of the competition.

Source: BBC April 07, 2021 05:15 UTC