Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (English pronunciation: /ˈkæntənɑː/; born 24 May 1966) is a French former footballer and actor. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona is often regarded as having played a major talismanic role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing powerhouse and he enjoys iconic status at the...
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Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (English pronunciation: /ˈkæntənɑː/; born 24 May 1966) is a French former footballer and actor. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona is often regarded as having played a major talismanic role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing powerhouse and he enjoys iconic status at the club and in English football. In 2001, he was voted as Manchester United's player of the century and is affectionately nicknamed "King Eric". He is the current manager of the France beach soccer team.
Following his retirement from football, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett.
Although it has been suggested that he was born in Paris, Cantona was actually born in Marseille to Albert Cantona and Eleonore Raurich. The family home was a cave atop one of the hills in the Caillols area of...
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