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Eric Cantona

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Also known as Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona, Éric Cantona, Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona, Eric the Red

French footballer and actor (born 1966)

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Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French former association football player and actor. Born in Marseille in 1966, he played as a forward for clubs including AJ Auxerre, Paris Saint-Germain FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, and Montpellier Hérault Sport Club. He also participated in the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament and competed in the Premier League. His career accolades include induction into the English Football Hall of Fame and the Premier League Hall of Fame, as well as receiving the UEFA President's Award.

Beyond sports, Cantona has worked as a stage and film actor. He is the author of seven works, including *Cantona, my story* and *The Complete Cantona*. He speaks French and English. Cantona has resided in Lisbon and Oran Province. He was convicted of assault. His spouse is Rachida Brakni, and he has a sibling named Joël Cantona.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Elle, lui et les autres
  • My Notebook
  • Cantona on Cantona
  • Cantona, my story
  • The Complete Cantona

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Film & TV

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. Cantona is often regarded as having…

Known for

  • Marvelous Mornings — Titou2026
  • La Nirvana2026
  • The Sentinel2026
  • Cantona — Self2026
  • Alter Ego — Joseph Batista2026
  • Schmeichel — Self2025
  • Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Together for Palestine — Self2025
  • Schmeichel — self2025
  • The Killer — Gobert2024

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Melbourne
Active from
1966

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,652
Total plays
15,768

Tags

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Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer and former professional football (soccer) player. During (and after) his career in sports he gave acting a shot, firstly in French cinema, with a role as a rugby player in Le bonheur est dans le pré, shot during his lengthy 1995 suspension from football. In the late 1990s, he accepted a role as a French ambassador in the English film Elizabeth (1998). In 2002, he directed a short film, Apporte-moi ton amour. <a h

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Position
Forward
Nationality
France

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pierre
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Marseille
Sibling
Joël Cantona
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
French
Award
Premier League Hall of Fame
Participant in
UEFA Euro 1992
Sport
association football
Member of team
France national beach soccer team
Position played
forward
League
Premier League
Country for sport
France
Mass
86
Image
Eric Cantona Cannes 2009.jpg
Height
188
Number of children
4
Residence
Lisbon
Convicted of
assault
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Commons category
Éric Cantona
date of birth
1966-05-24
birth name
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona
start of work period
1983-11-05
member of
Emmaus
advertises
Nike
birthday
May 24
social media followers
6010
name in native language
Eric Cantona
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Encyclopedic overview

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Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (French: Éric; pronounced [e.ʁik dan.jɛl pjɛʁ kɑ̃.tɔ.na]; born 24 May 1966) is a French former professional footballer and current actor. In his football career, Cantona was a physically strong and technically skilful player with both creative and goalscoring ability. Mostly utilised as a deep-lying forward, he was also capable of playing as a centre-forward, as a dedicated striker, as an attacking midfielder, or as a central midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.

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