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Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona à Namur pour "UBU ENCHAINE".jpg
Cantona in 2011
Born (1966-05-24) 24 May 1966 (age 50)
Marseille, France
Occupation Actor, former professional footballer
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spouse(s) Isabelle Ferrer (m. 1987; div. 2003)
Rachida Brakni (m. 2007)
Children 4
Parent(s) Albert Cantona
Éléonore Raurich
Association football career
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1980–1981 SO Les Caillols
1981–1983 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Auxerre 82 (23)
1985–1986 Martigues (loan) 15 (4)
1988–1991 Marseille 40 (13)
1989 Bordeaux (loan) 11 (6)
1989–1990 Montpellier (loan) 33 (10)
1991 Nîmes 17 (2)
1992 Leeds United 28 (9)
1992–1997 Manchester United 143 (64)
Total 369 (131)
National team
1987–1995 France 45 (20)
1997–2008 France (beach)
Teams managed
1997–2008 France (beach)
2010–2012 New York Cosmos (Director of Soccer)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Playing position Forward
Youth career
1980–1981 SO Les Caillols
1981–1983 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Auxerre 82 (23)
1985–1986 Martigues (loan) 15 (4)
1988–1991 Marseille 40 (13)
1989 Bordeaux (loan) 11 (6)
1989–1990 Montpellier (loan) 33 (10)
1991 Nîmes 17 (2)
1992 Leeds United 28 (9)
1992–1997 Manchester United 143 (64)
Total 369 (131)
National team
1987–1995 France 45 (20)
1997–2008 France (beach)
Teams managed
1997–2008 France (beach)
2010–2012 New York Cosmos (Director of Soccer)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona (French pronunciation: ​[e'ʁik kɑ̃to'na]; born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. 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.

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 number 7 shirt at Manchester United with his trademark upturned collar. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United'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 a fan. His disciplinary record, however, was much improved after he returned from the 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 débuted as a stage actor in Face au Paradis, a French play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni.


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