Manchester United Legend Eric Cantona

Eric Cantona was born on Marseille with a soccer career begins in his local team So Caleslaolais.

He initially played as a goalkeeper but did not take long for him to realize that his attributes were more suitable to be outfield players.

Cantona’s appearance for Caillalais attracted the attention of Auxerre and he joined their youth team in 1981.

A few years later, after promoting, the attacker made his senior debut during a 4-0 victory against Nancy.

Cantona spent five seasons with Auxerre before joining Marseille in 1989, but he did not have the best spell in the city where he was born.

His indisciplinary raising his head was kindly, kicking the ball into the crowd, and angry throwing his clothes after being replaced. He was quickly loaned to Bordeaux and then Montpellier.

Cantona returned to Marseille to help them win the league but clashed with his coach him down to Nimes permanently.

Cantona’s step to the Premier League

The striker has more disciplinary problems in Nimes. After throwing the ball to the referee, he was initially given a ban on one match, but it increased to two months after insulting the French Football Federation Committee. He then announced his first retirement from professional football in 1991

Michel Platini and Gerard Houllier have an effect on persuading Cantona to play. They encouraged him to play for clubs in England. He was offered to Liverpool before he was tried at Sheffield Wednesday but he finally ended at Leeds.

It turned out to be the right decision when he helped white people win the first division title in 1992, despite clashes with manager Howard Wilkinson for the club’s playing style to speed up the exit from Elland Road.

Time at Manchester United

Although Leeds supporters were not happy with the decision, their club was more than willing to sell Cantona to their fierce rival for £ 1 million in November 1992 due to the disturbances he caused in the club’s dressing room.

Red Devils boss Alex Ferguson is just the type of manager needed by France International to place it in straight and narrow. During his first season at Old Trafford, Cantona changed the club’s wealth.

United are left behind behind people like Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers on the table when he first arrived but his ability to score goals and create opportunities for others who cause the club in the escape that ended with them winning the Premier League title, completing 10 points in front Their closest rival. That was the first time they won the league in 26 years.

Cantona continued to score goals to have fun in the next four seasons at the club, found the back of the net 25 times in 1993/94, on 14 occasions in 1994/95, 19 during the 1995/96 and 15 campaign in the last season before retirement.

However, the controversy was never far. He was fined £ 1000 in his first return to Leeds for spitting. Kung-fu a famous kick during the match against Crystal Palace also made him sentenced to 120 hours of community service and a ban on eight months from football. He was stripped of the French captain and never played for his country again after the incident.

However, Cantona returned to play for United for two more seasons, before deciding to retire for the second time at the age of 30.

Cantona Career Achievement

• The striker won two league titles with Marseille and the French Cup when loaned in Montpellier.
• Cantona won the first division title and a charity shield at Leeds.
• He won 5 Premier League titles, two FA Cups and three charity shields in time with Manchester United.
• Cantona won the PFA Player of the Year player in 1995.
• He was also given the Football of the Year Association Writers Association award in 1996.