During the introductionof his much-anticipated Amazon Prime docu-series El Corazn de Sergio Ramos,a voiceover from the Real Madrid and Spaincaptain tells viewers that his publicimage doesn’t always reflect who he is, whilehe has never opened the doors to his private life before.

The series then proceeds to attempt to give a glimpse (albeit a highly manufactured and airbrushed glimpse)behind the scenes at home with one of the world’s most recognisable, admired and notorious sporting personalities of the last decade.

Ramos began the decade by becoming a World champion with Spain in the Vuvuzela-soundtracked World Cup inSouth Africa, topping Castrol’s Performance Index for the tournament as La Roja overcame the Netherlands in the final -the match itselfthe type of war of attrition that would come todefine the defender’scareer.

Nominated as one ofReal Madrid’s four captains the following season after conquering the world, Ramos was sent off for hacking atLionel Messi (and then pushing international teammateCarles Puyol) in the crushing 5-0 home defeat by Barcelona in November 2010 that marked Jose Mourinho’s extremely bad-temperedfirst Clasico. It was already his tenth red card for Real Madrid in fewer than five seasons. At time of writing, he has 19 reds and 164 yellows in La Liga.

Already a World Cup winner and two-time La Liga champion, 2012 became a defining year in Ramos’ origin story, as the defender skied a decisive penalty in the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich in April.Two months later, the defender stepped forward in Spain’s Euro 2012 semi-final against Portugal, dinking a Panenka down the middle past a helpless Rui Patricio, with the coolness of a man who has never suffered failure.