Eric Cantona on Washed Up Celebs

Career Milestones [add new]

• 1983

  November 5: Made debut for first football club, Auxerre

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• 1984

  Year off football to carried out his national service

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• 1987

  fined for punching team mate Bruno Martini in the face

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• 1988

  March 1: part of the French under-21 side that won the U21 European Championship

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• 1988

  September 1: transferred to Marseille for a French record fee (FF22m)

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• 1988

  November 1: banned from international matches for one year after insulting the national coach on TV

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• 1989

  January 1: banned for a month by Marseille for kicking a ball at the crowd and ripping off and throwing away his jersey after being substituted

  -4
• 1990

  involved in a fight with team-mate Jean-Claude Lemoult and threw his boots in Lemoult's face

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• 1991

  December 1: Banned for one month after throwing a ball at the referee, having been angered by one of his decisions

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• 1991

  December 10: announced his retirement from football

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• 1992

  March 1: Came out of retirement to join Leeds United, where he was part of the team that won the final First Division championship

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• 1992

  November 26: signed for Manchester United

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• 1993

  February 1: spat at a fan and was fined £1,000 by the FA

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• 1993

  May 1: Manchester United win the inaugural Premiership

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• 1994

  voted PFA Player of the Year

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• 1995

  January 25: After being sent off in a game against Crystal Palace, Cantona broke away and launched a 'kung-fu' style kick into the crowd, directed at Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons, followed by a series of punches

  -10
• 1996

  became the first foreign player to lift the FA Cup as captain

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• 1997

  April 1: announced that he was retiring from football

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• 1998

  role as the French ambassador in the movie Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett

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• 2002

  directed a short film Apporte-moi ton amour

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