All the most famous controversies unleashed by #CristianoRonaldo during his career

Cristiano Ronaldo, from Piers Morgan to Coca Cola: when CR7 unleashes controversy

Cristiano Ronaldo is, together with Messi, the most famous footballer in the world. The Portuguese has been at the top level of world football for the past fifteen years and has 509 million followers on Instagram, the most popular on the platform. 

The interview with Piers Morgan

In short, his every move can trigger the reaction of the public and fans of this sport, positively and negatively . In the last period , above all, the Portuguese phenomenon has been in the spotlight for the interview released with Piers Morgan, in which he attacked Manchester United from every point of view, now his former club given that after the declarations ( read them here ) terminated his contract with the Red Devils.

The criticisms of Fernando Santos

But that's not all, even more recently the former Juventus striker was also criticized by the Portugal coach, Fernando Santos, for unprofessional behavior with a Korean player when he left camp in the match against South Korea in Qatar.

The effective gesture with bottles of Coca Cola

Going further back in time, however, his gesture in a conference at Euro2020 was famous, when he moved bottles of Coca Cola in front of his workstation, replacing them with a bottle of water, commenting: "Drink water" . The beverage brand suffered severe damage to its image and a 1.6% drop on the stock market, equal to around 4 million euros.

Conferences, cell phones and microphones

Also in another press conference, before a Champions League match against Roma, he became the protagonist when he left the room full of journalists annoyed after a question about his alleged away goal crisis at the time of Real Madrid : " You can name a player who has scored more away home goals than me since I've been in Spain? No, you can't, there aren't any. Hello everyone ." 

On the field, then, last April after a match against Everton , he broke the cell phone of an autistic boy who was making a video of the players after the final triple whistle at Goodison Park. A similar episode occurred in 2016 when Cristiano Ronaldo snatched the microphone from the hands of an unfortunate reporter, throwing it angrily into the pond next to which he was walking with his teammates.