profile image

Éric Cantona

May 24, 1966 (58 years old) in 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 played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at United, which was previously worn by George Best and Bryan Robson, and subsequently worn by David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. Set against his footballing achievements was a poor disciplinary record throughout his career, including a conviction for assault on a fan in 1995.

Following his retirement from football, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and the 2009 film Looking for Eric.

In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in Face au paradis, a French play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni.

On 19 January 2011, Cantona joined the revived New York Cosmos as Director of Soccer.

Known For

poster
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Music
poster
Elizabeth
Monsieur de Foix
poster
The Killer
Gobert
poster
Porn in the Hood
L'entraineur de foot
poster
Inhuman Resources
Alain Delambre
poster
You and the Night
The Stallion
poster
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
Self
poster
AKA
Victor Pastore
poster
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
poster
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)

Credits