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Eric Cantona

Forward · Manchester United FC · historical profile

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French actor and footballer (born 1966)

Born 1966

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Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French former professional footballer and current actor. In his football career, Cantona was a physically strong and technically skilful player with both creative and goalscoring ability. Mostly utilised as a deep-lying forward, he was also capable of playing as a centre-forward, as a dedicated striker, as an attacking midfielder, or as a central midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004.

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