Eric Cantona was born in Marseille (France) at 24/5/1966. His height is 1,88 m. and his weight is 84 kg.
He has a French League (90), 4 Premierships (92,9394,96), 2 English Cups (94,96), 3 2nd Places in the Charity Shield (92, 93, 94) and 1 Championship under 21 in 1988. He was the "Player of the year in 1994, selected by the Footballers Asociation and the "Footballer of the year" in 1996 selected by the English Reporter.
His path was
|
SEASON |
TEAM |
DIV. |
MATCHES |
GOALS |
| 83-84 | AUXERRE | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 84-85 | AUXERRE | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 85-86 | AUXERRE | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 85-86 | MARTIGUES | 2 | ||
| 86-87 | AUXERRE | 1 | 36 | 13 |
| 87-88 | AUXERRE | 1 | 32 | 8 |
| 88-89 | O. MARSEILLE | 1 | 22 | 5 |
| 89-90 | MONTPELLIER | 1 | 33 | 10 |
| 90-91 | O. MARSEILLE | 1 | 18 | 8 |
| 91-92 | NIMES | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| 91-92 | LEEDS | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 92-93 | LEEDS | P | 13 | 6 |
| 92-93 | MANCHESTER UTD | P | 22 | 9 |
| 93-94 | MANCHESTER UTD | P | 34 | 18 |
| 94-95 | MANCHESTER UTD | P | 21 | 12 |
| 95-96 | MANCHESTER UTD | P | 30 | 14 |
| 96-97 | MANCHESTER UTD | P | 25 | 7 |
With the French National Team he played 44 matches and he scored 18 goals. His debut was on 12nd August 1987 against Germany.
He was born in Les Calliols. His father worked in a psyquiatric and his mother was a housewife. He always has been a rebellious and he likes the cinema and the painting. He started as a goalkeeper in the junior teams.
As profesional footballer, in the season 86-87 he hit to the goalkeeper Martini in Auxerre. In 1988 he said to Henry Michel (French National Team coacher) "sac de merde" (shit´s sack). The Olympique Marseille buy him because Bernard Tapie (president) wanted to make the best team in France. In 1989, he was substitued against the Torpedo Moscow an he throw his shirt. He was sold to the Girondins Bordeaux but he come back to the OM. In 1991-92 he throw a ball to the referee and the Federation suspended him. They made over to the Sheffield Wednesday, but the Leeds United buy him. In 27th November 1992 he was buy by the Manchester United. In 3rd November 1993 he was sent off against the Galatasaray and the UEFA suspend him 4 matches. In 19th March 1994 he was sent off because he treaded the toes of Moncur and Adams. In 1993 France was eliminated of the World Cup USA 1994 agaisnt Bulgary. The critics and the people said they was very individualist. In 25 January 1995, the image of Eric gave a kick to a Crystal Palace´s supporter was saw around the world. The FA penalize him for a year and with 20000 pounds. He´s retired of the French National Team. At the end of the season 96-97 he said he will retired of the football.
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