After 23 years, 236 appearances and 146 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo the Portugal player is no more. International retirement has finally come for the superstar who it seemed could carry on forever.

Ronaldo has changed the landscape of international soccer, putting Portugal—already a strong soccer nation—more on the map than ever before. His tallies for both national team appearances and goals are world records in the men’s game and he has guided Portugal to not only its first ever major trophy, but three triumphs.

Still, this is a figure who has proven divisive over the past two decades, lacking the universal affection reserved for his greatest peer, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldo’s career has not been free of controversy.

These are the five biggest controversies of his Portugal career.

2006 World Cup Wink

Ronaldo behaved in an unsporting manner.…