Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona is a French footballer who has managed to become a legend. The athlete distinguished himself not only by his talented game, but also by outrageous antics, because of which he was repeatedly removed from the field, disqualified and even fined.

After graduating from his football career, Eric again surprised the fans: the man discovered the creative side in himself and began filming and acting in it. However, fans still remember Eric as a legendary footballer and do not give up hope of seeing the idol at least once on the field.

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona - this is the full name of the athlete - was born in Marseille on May 24, 1966. The parents of the future football player, as well as his two brothers, did not live well: his father worked in medicine, his mother sewed to order. However, Cantona, talking about the family in an interview, calls her “rich”, meaning respect for each other and family values ​​that the athlete has carried throughout his life.

Eric began to be interested in football since childhood, and already in his teens began to train professionally at the Auxerre club. For several years the young man played for the youth team of the club, and then, in 1983, he entered the field as part of the main team of Auxerre. Two years later, the young man had to take a break from his football career: Canton was drafted into the army, where he spent a year. And after returning from service, Eric decided to seriously devote his life to his favorite sport.

Immediately after the army, Eric Cantona began playing for the Martigues club, and a year later, in 1986, he returned to his native Auxerre, with whom he signed the first serious contract. The football player's game did not go unnoticed: a year later, Henri Michel, who coached the French national team at that time, invited the athlete to join the main squad of the country's national team.

Soon the name of Eric Cantona was firmly associated with the French national team, but the reason for this was not only the brilliant performance of the football player. Cantona distinguished himself with both shocking antics and violations, first attacking his teammate and staging several scandals and even fights with his teammates on the field, and then using force on his opponent.

Such a serious misconduct led to the removal from the team for three months. The punishment only angered the hot-tempered athlete, and he expressed his anger to the coach without choosing expressions, for which he earned a ban from playing for the national team for a whole year.

Since 1989, Eric Cantona has changed clubs several times, playing for each of them on loan. At first, the footballer entered the field for Bordeaux, then there were Montpellier and Nimes Olympic. One of the reasons Cantona didn't stay on the same team for long was the behavior of the player.

The footballer never learned to restrain his emotions, often attacked teammates, allowed himself obscene remarks to the management, and at one of the matches even threw the ball at the referee, thus expressing disagreement with his decision.

This trick also did not go unnoticed, and by the decision of the French football committee, Eric Cantona again lost his right to enter the field for a month. Then the sentence was increased to two months, and the footballer first thought about leaving the sport. However, the national team coach managed to calm the talented football player and persuade him to change the team and country.

In 1992, Cantona moved to England, where he made his debut with the Sheffield Wednesday team. After some time, the Frenchman moved to Leeds United, where, together with the team, won the coveted FA Cup. And already in the fall of the same year, Eric Cantona could be seen wearing a T-shirt with the lucky number 7 as part of the legendary English team Manchester United.

Unfortunately, neither the seven, nor the goals scored helped Eric Cantona to avoid punishment for manifesting a violent disposition: the footballer repeatedly received red cards, and once even spat in the face of a fan of the opposing team, for which he was fined.

In 1995, Eric Canton's photos appeared again on the spreads of the world's sports publications. This time, the footballer outdid himself and hit the Crystal Palace fan.

After paid fines, long excommunication from all games and 120 hours of correctional labor, Cantona once again reminded fans of his football talent, demonstrating his "jewelry" technique and playing a significant role in the team's winning the FA Cup.

At the beginning of the 1996/1997 season, Eric Cantona surprised the fans and teammates by announcing the end of his football career. For some time, the athlete went out on the field, playing farewell matches, but soon he finally “tied up” with his favorite game. Only in 2011, Cantona returned to this sport, heading the New York Cosmos football club.

In an interview, Cantona has repeatedly admitted that he never played against a particular team. The footballer, according to his own statement, fought against the thought of defeat, so he laid out on the field 100%. Also, the athlete often compared football matches with making love: according to Canton, play and sex have a lot in common.

Eric Cantona's temperament is compared to the violent temper of another outrageous football player - Vinnie Jones, who also often allowed himself to attack teammates and opponents.

After the end of his sports career, a new page opened in the biography of Eric Cantona: the man devoted his life to the art of cinema. The first films with the participation of the athlete appeared when he was playing football. In 1995, Cantona starred in the film Love in the Meadows directed by Etienne Chatilier. Here Michelle Cerro and Eddie Mitchell became the footballer's partners on the set.

In 1998, Cantona took part in the filming of the historical drama Elizabeth. Here Eric got the role of Monsignor de Foix. The actress Cate Blanchett appeared in the image of Elizabeth I. Vincent Cassel, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes also played in the film.

Another striking work by Eric Cantona is partly a documentary in which the footballer plays himself. The film, shot by Briton Ken Loach, was named "Finding Eric". This tragicomedy came to the liking of the audience and even won several nominations for prestigious film awards.

Cantona also starred in commercials. Most often, the footballer appeared in Nike commercials, each of which clearly reveals the unspoken motto of world football - Joga Bonito (Play beautifully!).

The football player's personal life was much calmer than his career. In the 1980s, Eric Cantona got married for the first time. The athlete's choice was a woman named Isabelle Ferrer. In this marriage, two children were born - a son, Raphael, and a daughter, Josephine. Unfortunately, after a while, the relationship between the spouses went wrong, and the former lovers filed for divorce.

The figure skater (Eric Canton's height is 188 cm, and his weight is 86 kg) did not remain alone for long. The footballer's second wife was actress Rashida Brackney, Eric's partner in the film Glutton, directed by Thierry Binisti. The second wife also gave Eric two children - the son of Emir and daughter Selma.

In 2018, Eric Cantona watched with interest the main football event of 2018 - the World Cup. And although the footballer has not entered the field for a long time, attention to his shocking antics still does not wane.

Cantona has already managed to sarcastically play a trick on the new hairstyle of the Brazilian player Neymar, as well as hint that Vladimir Putin is involved in the victories of the Russian team. In addition, a video with a song by Eric Cantona dedicated to the match between the French and the Argentine national team was circulated on Instagram and other social networks.

1993 - winner of the "Bronze Ball" of the third European football player (according to France Football magazine) 1994 - the title of the player of the year according to the PFA players 1996 - the title of the best football player in Europe (Onze d'Or) 1993/94, 1995/96 - Sir Matt Busby Prize 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97 - Champion of the English Premier League 1993/94, 1995/96 - FA Cup 1993, 1994, 1996 - FA Super Cup 2005 - World Cup "gold" 2012 - Golden award Foot: 2012 (Football Legends)

1995 - "Love in the Meadows" 1998 - "Elizabeth" 1999 - "Children of Nature" 2001 - "Great Life" 2003 - "Glutton" 2005 - "Our Crazy Life" 2007 - "Second Wind" 2009 - "Finding Eric" 2010 - "Together is too much" 2011 - "Substitution" 2012 - "Trouble in the neighborhood" 2013 - "Meetings after midnight" 2014 - "Salvation"

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