Eric Cantona is a legendary personality, famous for his outrageous antics, adored by all fans of "Manchester United" the same "King Eric", a bright and controversial sports star, who after the end of his football career became an actor, producer and director.
Childhood
Eric Cantona was born on May 24, 1966 in the city of Marseille. He was born into a rather poor family of paramedics, Albert and Eleanor. Eric has two brothers, the elder and the younger, and the footballer has referred to his parental family as “the richest people” all his life, referring to their life and moral values.
King Eric started playing football in the Le Keyole youth team at the age of 11. Then there were the youth teams "Nice" and "Auxerre". In total, in this club for 6 seasons he played 82 matches and scored 23 goals.
During his career at Auxerre, there were leases at Auxerre B and the football club Martigues, played 15 games at Martigues and scored four goals, and then returned to his first club. It was at Auxerre that Cantona began his professional career when he was noticed by the coach of the national team.
Playing career
In 1988, the striker moved to Olympique Marseille. In Olimpik he played 40 games and scored 13 goals. During his career at Auxerre, there were leases at Bordeaux and Montpellier and also worth noting one game for Marseille B. Note that Cantona has been rooting for Marseille since childhood. In 1991, Cantona moved to football club Nîmes, where he played 16 games and scored 2 goals.
Then Cantona decided to move to England, namely to Leeds United, where he took part in 28 matches and scored nine goals. Cantona soon moved to Manchester United, where many games were played, in which King Eric scored a total of 143 goals.
It was in the camp of the Red Devils that the brightest part of King Eric's sports career took place. It is unlikely that inveterate fans will forget his attacks with obscene language in the direction of the national team coach, beating a fan right during the game and other antics that often lead to disqualification. But all this did not prevent Cantona from being one of the best players in the famous club.
In the French national team, Cantona played 45 matches and scored 20 goals. The striker also has 5 fights and 1 hit for the French beach soccer team.
Personal life
Eric Cantona has four children. With Isabelle Ferrer, his first wife, he divorced, and soon married the French actress Rachida Brackney. Eric has two children from each marriage. After the end of his football career in 1997, Cantona plunged into cinema, in his filmography there are 18 works. In the film "Finding Eric" he played himself, and this film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2012, Eric loudly announced that he intended to run for the presidency of France, but, unfortunately, he never materialized his threat.
