Manchester United star footballer Eric Cantona was born in a cave that became his home
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He was born in a cave, then it became his home. When he came out of the cave, he shone in the world of football. Left football and showed in films. He also became the lifeblood of Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world. He started being counted among the great footballers of that era. He was getting success one after the other and in the meantime he was banned. His reputation was damaged all over the world. The ban was imposed for badly beating a fan in kung-fu style during the match.
There was a demand to ban Eric for life, but luckily it did not happen. Returned, but France’s old Eric Cantona got lost somewhere. Eric’s career and reputation had suffered a lot due to the ban imposed exactly 28 years ago. He was banned on 27 January 1995.
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kicks and punches during the match
Two days before the ban, in a match against Crystal Palace, he was sent off by the referee for kicking a Palace defender. When he was returning, he angrily kicked a Palace supporter Matthew Simmons in kung fu style. Actually Matthew 11 line down came to speak against him. After which Eric lost his temper and hit many punches along with kicking. Due to this act, he was banned.
snatched the captaincy of the national team
Eric was out of the club for the entire season. Along with this, he was also stripped of the captaincy of the French national team. After this, he could never play football for France again. After about 8 months, he returned to club football, but the old style was not visible. In 2019, Eric was given the UEFA President Award. He scored 131 goals in 368 matches in his entire club career. And scored 20 goals in 45 matches in his international career. Born on 24 May 1966, Eric retired from football in 1997 at the age of 30. After this he tried his hand at acting and worked in big films. His football career was full of controversies, but he had an interesting childhood.
childhood in the cave
Actually Eric’s mother was Spanish and father was from Italy, who settled in Marseille. In 1938, Erik’s maternal grandfather was seriously injured fighting General Franco’s army in the Spanish Civil War and had to come to France with his wife. Eric’s family home was in a cave in the mountains of the Marseille area. This place was discovered in 1950 by his grandmother. By the time Eric was born in 1966, the cave had grown to little more than a room in the family’s home, which had become habitable. Coming out of this cave of Eric, he spread his shine in the world of football.
