Eric Cantona

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French international footballer actor association football player film producer human

Eric Cantona is a charismatic former French footballer renowned for his influential role in Manchester United’s dominance in the early 1990s and his iconic, often controversial, presence on and off the pitch.

Aliases (2)

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona ×1
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French international footballer → actor → association football player → film producer → human →
appearedInFilm	Elizabeth → Looking for Eric → The Salvation →
captainOf	Manchester United →
citizenship	France →
club	AJ Auxerre → Girondins de Bordeaux → Leeds United → Manchester United → Martigues → Montpellier HSC → Nîmes Olympique → Olympique de Marseille →
countryOfBirth	France →
dateOfBirth	1966-05-24 →
disciplinaryRecord	banned from football for several months in 1995 →
domesticCupWonWithManchesterUnited	FA Cup 1993-94 → FA Cup 1995-96 →
familyName	Cantona →
fullName	Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona →
givenName	Eric →
hallOfFame	English Football Hall of Fame →
height	1.88 m →
individualAward	FWA Footballer of the Year 1995-96 → PFA Players' Player of the Year 1993-94 → Premier League Hall of Fame inductee →
influenced	Manchester United attacking philosophy in the 1990s →
joinedManchesterUnited	1992 →
knownFor	kung-fu kick incident at Crystal Palace in 1995 → turned-up collar →
languageSpoken	English → French →
leagueTitleWonWithLeedsUnited	1991-92 →
leagueTitleWonWithManchesterUnited	1992-93 → 1993-94 → 1995-96 → 1996-97 →
leftManchesterUnited	1997 →
managedBy	Alex Ferguson →
nationalTeam	France national football team →
nickname	King Eric →
notableFor	charismatic and controversial personality → influential role in Manchester United dominance in the 1990s → playing for Manchester United →
numberOfInternationalCaps	45 →
numberOfInternationalGoals	20 →
occupation	actor → director → film producer →
placeOfBirth	Marseille →
positionPlayed	attacking midfielder → forward →
premierLeagueClub	Leeds United → Manchester United →
religionOrPhilosophy	agnostic →
retirementFromProfessionalFootball	1997 →
shirtNumberAtManchesterUnited	7 →
sibling	Joël Cantona →
sport	football →
spouse	Isabelle Ferrer → Rachida Brakni →
styleOfPlay	creative playmaker → technical ability → vision and flair →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Montpellier HSC → Nîmes Olympique →	notableFormerPlayer
Isabelle Ferrer → Rachida Brakni →	spouse
Looking for Eric → The Salvation →	starring
Looking for Eric →	featuresCharacter
Beckham →	featuresPerson
Eric Cantona ("Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona") →	fullName
Premier League Hall of Fame →	hasInductee
George Best →	hasInfluenced
UEFA President’s Award →	hasRecipient
Manchester United F.C. →	notablePlayer
Looking for Eric →	portrays
King Eric →	refersTo
King Eric ("Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona") →	refersToFullName
Joël Cantona →	relative
Joël Cantona →	sibling
Cantona →	usedBy
PFA Players' Player of the Year 1993-94 →	winner