Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantonais a French actor and former international footballer for the French national team. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his career at Manchester United where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth24 May 1966
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
Messi, he's exceptional. When you watch him, you feel there's a child inside him and he is making some childhood dream come true. He's a Great Player, not only for today but also tomorrow.
When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.
Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And when they no longer play football, they no longer do anything; they no longer exist, or rather they have the sensation of no longer existing.
I have a car but it's not important.
You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.
I don't play against any team in particular. I play to fight against defeat.
The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
Without spontaneity in any sport, you cannot succeed.
Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.
It is unacceptable that people often have to make huge sacrifices just to find a place to live, a roof over their heads.
I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.
For me, I don't like it when there is too much interference in our lives. We're not children. It is our own life in our hands.
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.