Eric Cantona

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Eric Cantona
Cantona at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009
Personal information
Full name Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona
Date of birth (1966-05-24) 24 May 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker (retired)
Youth career
1980–1981 SO Les Caillols
1981–1983 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Auxerre 82 (23)
1985–1986Martigues (loan) 15 (4)
1988–1991 Marseille 40 (13)
1989Bordeaux (loan) 11 (6)
1989–1990Montpellier (loan) 33 (10)
1991–1992 Nîmes 16 (2)
1992Leeds United (loan) 11 (3)
1992 Leeds United 17 (6)
1992–1997 Manchester United 143 (64)
Total 368 (131)
National team
France U17
France U21
1987–1995 France 45 (20)
1997–2006 France (beach)
Teams managed
1997–2011 France (beach)
2011–2012 New York Cosmos (director of soccer)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966 in Marseille) is a French football player turned actor. He was one of Manchester United's greatest players. Cantona has more than 140 appearances with Manchester United. He ended his professional footballing career with the team. Cantona had earlier played for Leeds United before moving to Manchester United in 1992. He has also played for France national team from 1987 to 1994. He retired from football in 1997 and became a film actor.

Club career statistics[change | change source]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FranceLeague Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue EuropeTotal
1983–84 Auxerre Division 1 2 0 0 0 - - 2 0
1984–85 5 2 0 0 - - 5 2
1985–86 7 0 0 0 - 1 0 8 0
1985–86 Martigues Division 2 15 4 0 0 - - 15 4
1986–87 Auxerre Division 1 36 13 0 0 - - 36 13
1987–88 32 8 5 1 - 2 1 39 10
1988–89 Olympique Marseille Division 1 22 5 0 0 - - 22 5
1988–89 Girondins Bordeaux Division 1 11 6 0 0 - - 11 6
1989–90 Montpellier Division 1 33 10 8 8 - - 41 18
1990–91 Olympique Marseille Division 1 18 8 5 1 - 3 1 26 10
1991–92 Nîmes Olympique Division 1 17 2 2 2 - - 19 4
EnglandLeague FA Cup Football League Cup EuropeTotal
1991–92 Leeds United First Division 15 3 0 0 0 0 - 15 3
1992–93 Premier League 13 6 0 0 1 0 5 1 19 7
1992–93 Manchester United Premier League 22 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 9
1993–94 34 18 5 4 5 1 4 2 48 25
1994–95 21 12 1 1 0 0 2 0 24 13
1995–96 30 14 7 5 1 0 0 0 38 19
1996–97 36 11 3 0 0 0 10 3 49 14
Country France 198 58 20 12 - 6 2 224 72
England 171 73 16 10 7 1 21 6 215 90
Total 369 131 36 22 7 1 27 8 439 162

International career statistics[change | change source]

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France national team
YearAppsGoals
1987 3 1
1988 2 0
1989 4 3
1990 7 6
1991 4 2
1992 9 2
1993 7 5
1994 8 1
1995 1 0
Total 45 20

References[change | change source]

  1. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Éric Cantona". www.national-football-teams.com.
  2. "Eric Cantona - International Matches". www.rsssf.com.

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