Eric CANTONA | 1993-1994 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

CANTONA PES STATS | 1993-1994

Uzair Name: Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona Nickname: King Eric Eric CANTONA | 1993-1994 Club: Manchester United Number: 7 Position: *SS, CF Nationality: French Age: 27-28 (24/05/1966) Era: 1993/1994 Foot: R Side: B Height: 188 cm Weight: 88 kg Attack: 89 Defence: 42 Balance: 93 Stamina: 81 Top Speed: 84 Acceleration: 83 Response: 87 Agility: 80 Dribble Accuracy: 90 Dribble Speed: 85 Short Pass Accuracy: 85 Short Pass Speed: 83 Long Pass Accuracy: 81 Long Pass Speed: 80 Shot Accuracy: 86 Shot Power: 88 Shot Technique: 95 Free Kick Accuracy: 77 Curling: 84 Header: 85 Jump: 76 Technique: 95 Aggression: 88 Mentality/Tenacity: 77 Goalkeeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 85 Injury Tolerance: B Form/Condition/Fitness: 7 Weak Foot Accuracy: 6 Weak Foot Frequency: 6 Consistency: 6 Growth type: Standard CARDS: P13: Long Ranger S02: Passer S04: PK Taker S05: 1 Touch Play S06: Outside Curve S15: Marseille Roulette S20: Scooping SPECIAL ABILITIES *Dribbling *Passing *Scoring *Middle Shooting (optional) *Penalties *1-Touch Pass *Outside Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded INFO: Has there ever been a more ''French'' Frenchman in football than Eric Cantona? He is perhaps one of the most iconic men to have ever played the game - a loose canon on and off the pitch, with his tall frame balanced by finesse, flair and skill the like the English game had never seen before. ''Ooh Ahh'' said fans of Cantona and he certainly gave them something to ooh and ahh about. Biography In 1981, when Eric was 15, he joined the Auxerre youth team. There he was spotted by the French national youth team too, but Eric had to do his duty to France in more ways than football back then. The time had come for him to complete his year of national service in the army. Eric completed his stint but kept up the football throughout and went straight to Auxerre upon his return and right into their first team. After a promising period with Auxerre, a bout of illness led to him being dropped before going to Martigues on loan and then in 1988 to Marseille. Eric remained at Marseille until 1991, but during this period he was loaned to a couple of other clubs before finally being taken by Nimes in 1991. The fires of the Frenchman’s belly were starting to bubble up. His temper on the pitch, which had been a huge part of his rocky eight years in French football, now made him a trouble-maker at Nimes and it was French legend Michel Platini who suggested Eric should move to the more aggressive game over the English Channel. Eric was going to sign for Sheffield Wednesday but it was rival Yorkshire club Leeds United who nabbed the Frenchman. He became a vital part of the Leeds side that won the last ever 1st Division before it became the Premier League in 1991/92. As Platini predicted, Cantona enjoyed the English ethos and discovered quite the goalscoring touch for the Whites, none more so than in the 1992 Charity Shield, where he bagged a hat-trick against rivals Liverpool. Sadly Leeds Utd failed to cut it in the new Premier League in the following season and their beloved French star Cantona left the club in Nov 1992 and joined giants of the English game Manchester United for what would become one of the biggest bargains in football - only £1.2 million. Man Utd needed a goal scorer and in Cantona they certainly got that. It’s questionable whether the complete dominance Man Utd had on the English game in the nineties would have been possible had it not been for ooh ahh Cantona. He appeared in 143 games for the Red Devils between 1992-97 with a fine return of 84 goals. He made an explosive start at Old Trafford and, in the first two seasons arriving from Leeds, Eric helped United win the next two league titles, the FA Cup and picked up the individual reward of 1994 PFA Player of the Year. His skill was immense and the partnerships he had with wingers such as Ryan Giggs and fellow striker Mark Hughes made United an unstoppable force in the early-mid '90s. HONOURS: Club Marseille Ligue 1 1989, 1991 Coupe de France 1988 Montpellier Coupe de France: 1990 Leeds United Football League First Division: 1991-92 Charity Shield: 1992 Manchester United Premier League: 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97 FA Cup: 1993-94, 1995-96 Charity Shield: 1993, 1994, 1996 Country: 45 Caps 20 Goals Individual: PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1994 FWA Footballer of the Year: 1996 Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/3 - 2001/2) Overseas Player of the Decade Overall Team of the Decade VIDEOS: Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_cantona http://www.ericcantona.com/biography/ http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... ntona.html Eric CANTONA | 1993-1994 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)