Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantonais a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 May 1966
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.
It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.
I don't play against a particular team. I play against the idea of losing
If someone is too perfect they won't look good. Imperfection is important.
I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.
After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back. I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.
Manchester United is stronger than anybody in the world.
I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life.
When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault.
Sometimes you surprise the goalkeeper and sometimes the goalkeeper surprises you. In my career, I tried to do more of the first than the second.