Eric Cantona

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Born
1966 (59 years old)
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Marseille, France

Position
Forward

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

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1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

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Soccer

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Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer, and former professional footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes, and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. He won the league championship in seven of his last eight full seasons as a professional. At international level, he played for the French national team.

A large, physically strong, hard-working, and tenacious forward who combined technical skill and creativity with power and goalscoring ability, Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force in the 1990s and having an iconic status at the club. He wore the No. 7 shirt at Manchester United, and is known for turning up his collar. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric" and was voted as the team's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. Set against his achievements in football was a poor disciplinary record for much of his career, including a 1995 conviction for an assault on an abusive spectator for which he received an eight-month suspension.

Following his retirement from football in 1997, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, the 2008 film French Film, and the 2009 film Looking for Eric. In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in Face au Paradis, a play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni. Cantona also took an interest in the sport of beach soccer, and as player-manager of the France national team, he won the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Charismatic and outspoken, Cantona was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. The museum states that "the enigmatic Frenchman was one of the Premier League's most controversial players ever". At the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards in 2003, he was voted the Overseas Player of the Decade. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Trophies

English Premier League… 2021	English Premier League 1996-1997	English FA Community… 1996	English FA Cup 1995-1996
English Premier League 1995-1996	FWA Footballer of the… 1995-1996	English FA Community… 1994	English FA Cup 1993-1994
English PFA Players… 1993-1994	English Premier League 1993-1994	English FA Community… 1993	English Premier League 1992-1993
English FA Community… 1992	English Championship 1991-1992	French Ligue 1 1990-1991	French Coupe de France 1989-1990
French Ligue 1 1988-1989