Biography of Eric Cantona

Hero's temperament

May 24, 1966
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona was born the day May 24, 1966 in Marseille (France). As a professional footballer has reached its peak and ended his career in the English football club Manchester United, where from 1992 to 1997 won four Premiership titles, two FA Cup. During his time in the "Red Devils", with his Jersey number 7 and with his temperament as a true leader and warlord, was one of the most beloved players and idolised by the fans of the team. The competitive route in football starts 17 years when it begins play in the youth system of Auxerre; play then in French clubs of Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Nimes before moving to the United Kingdom, recommended among others by Michel Platini. Before arriving at Manchester he played for Leeds United in 1992.
The career of this great champion takes on a sad note: in January 1995, during an away match against Crystal Palace, Eric Cantona, soon after receiving a red card (ejection from the field) on the part of the referee, is mocked by a spectator of the public (in England the audience is also on the sideline) and for the reaction where Saif kick Bruce Lee style (kung fu). Cantona is sentenced to 120 hours of community service; After an Appeals Court turns the sentence to two weeks in prison for assault. Sport is suspended for ten months. In the year of the suspension of Cantona, the Manchester does not win the Championship.
After the 1996/1997 season, at the age of thirty years, Cantona announced his retirement from football. Shortly after his retirement became club captain the French national Beach Soccer team. Subsequently decides to embark on the road of cinema: especially as an actor (he was able to work in several French productions), but has also directed a short film entitled ' Apporte-moi ton amour "in 2002. Cantona was married to Isabelle Ferrer and together they had two children. He is currently married to actress Rachida Brakni, ten years younger. At the end of 2010 is back on the front pages of newspapers with a bizarre initiative: through years of economic crisis to protest against the banking system and to hasten a revolution in the economic field, Cantona invites everyone to withdraw from your bank account all savings.
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