Eric Cantona

Retired
Last club: Man Utd Most games for: Man Utd Retired since: May 18, 1997

Date of birth/Age: May 24, 1966 (58)
Place of birth: Marseille
Citizenship: France

Height: 1,87 m
Position: Second Striker

Former International: France
Caps/Goals: 45 / 20

Last position:

Sporting Director Club: NY Cosmos

Stats of Eric Cantona

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Stats 96/97

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total 96/97:			50	15	16	9	-	-	4.489'
	Premier League	36	11	12	5	-	-	3.229'
	Champions League	10	3	2	1	-	-	900'
	FA Cup	3	-	1	2	-	-	270'
	Community Shield	1	1	1	1	-	-	90'

UEFA Champions League

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Group C	9/11/96	A	Juventus	1:0	CF				90'
Group C	9/25/96	H	Rapid Vienna	2:0	CF				90'
Group C	10/16/96	A	Fenerbahce	0:2	CF	1			90'
Group C	10/30/96	H	Fenerbahce	0:1	CF				90'
Group C	11/20/96	H	Juventus	0:1	CF			27'	90'
Group C	12/4/96	A	Rapid Vienna	0:2	CF	1	1		90'
Quarter-Finals 1st leg	3/5/97	H	FC Porto	4:0	CF	1	1		90'
Quarter-Finals 2nd leg	3/19/97	A	FC Porto	0:0	CF				90'
Semi-Finals 1st Leg	4/9/97	A	Bor. Dortmund	1:0	CF				90'
Semi-Finals 2nd Leg	4/23/97	H	Bor. Dortmund	0:1	AM				90'
Squad: 10, Starting eleven: 10, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Premier League

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result	Pos.
1	8/17/96	A	(2.)	Wimbledon FC (19.)	0:3	CF	1		✔	79'
2	8/21/96	H	(2.)	Everton (5.)	2:2	CF				90'
3	8/25/96	H	(5.)	Blackburn (17.)	2:2	CF				90'
4	9/4/96	A	(7.)	Derby (15.)	1:1	CF				90'
5	9/7/96	A	(5.)	Leeds (8.)	0:4	CF	1	1		90'
6	9/14/96	H	(2.)	Nottm Forest (14.)	4:1	CF	2			90'
7	9/21/96	A	(4.)	Aston Villa (7.)	0:0	CF				90'
8	9/29/96	H	(4.)	Tottenham (14.)	2:0	CF				90'
9	10/12/96	H	(4.)	Liverpool (3.)	1:0	CF				90'
10	10/20/96	A	(5.)	Newcastle (1.)	5:0	CF			✔	90'
11	10/26/96	A	(5.)	Southampton (14.)	6:3				✔	90'
12	11/2/96	H	(6.)	Chelsea (5.)	1:2	CF			✔	90'
13	11/16/96	H	(6.)	Arsenal (3.)	1:0	CF				90'
14	11/23/96	A	(7.)	Middlesbrough (17.)	2:2	CF				90'
15	11/30/96	H	(5.)	Leicester (15.)	3:1	CF		1		90'
16	12/8/96	A	(5.)	West Ham (13.)	2:2	CF		1		90'
17	12/18/96	A	(6.)	Sheff Wed (9.)	1:1	CF				90'
18	12/21/96	H	(5.)	Sunderland (14.)	5:0	CF	2		✔	90'
19	12/26/96	A	(4.)	Nottm Forest (20.)	0:4	CF		1		90'
21	12/28/96	H	(2.)	Leeds (15.)	1:0		1			90'
22	1/1/97	H	(3.)	Aston Villa (7.)	0:0	CF				90'
23	1/12/97	A	(1.)	Tottenham (9.)	1:2	CF		1		90'
24	1/18/97	A	(1.)	Coventry (15.)	0:2	CF		1		90'
20	1/29/97	H	(3.)	Wimbledon FC (4.)	2:1	CF				90'
25	2/1/97	H	(1.)	Southampton (19.)	2:1	CF	1	1		90'
32	2/19/97	A	(1.)	Arsenal (3.)	1:2	Not in squad
27	2/22/97	A	(1.)	Chelsea (6.)	1:1	Not in squad
28	3/1/97	H	(1.)	Coventry (16.)	3:1	CF				90'
37	3/8/97	A	(1.)	Sunderland (17.)	2:1					90'
29	3/15/97	H	(1.)	Sheff Wed (8.)	2:0	AM		1		90'
30	3/22/97	A	(1.)	Everton (11.)	0:2	CF	1	1		90'
31	4/5/97	H	(1.)	Derby (12.)	2:3	CF	1			90'
33	4/12/97	A	(1.)	Blackburn (14.)	2:3	CF	1	1		90'
34	4/19/97	A	(1.)	Liverpool (4.)	1:3	CF				90'
36	5/3/97	A	(1.)	Leicester (11.)	2:2					90'
26	5/5/97	H	(1.)	Middlesbrough (20.)	3:3	SS		1		90'
35	5/8/97	H	(1.)	Newcastle (2.)	0:0	CF				90'
38	5/11/97	H	(1.)	West Ham (14.)	2:0	CF		1		90'
Squad: 36, Starting eleven: 36, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Community Shield

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Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
Final	8/11/96	H				Newcastle	4:0	CF	1	1	65'			90'
Squad: 1, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

FA Cup

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Matchday	Date	Venue			Result
Third Round	1/5/97	H	(1.)	Tottenham (5.)	2:0			90'
Fourth Round	1/25/97	H	(1.)	Wimbledon FC (2.)	1:1	1	61'	90'
4th round deciders	2/4/97	A	(1.)	Wimbledon FC (3.)	1:0		✔	90'
Squad: 3, Starting eleven: 3, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

EFL Cup

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Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
Third Round	10/23/96	H	Swindon Town	2:1	Not in squad
Round of 16	11/27/96	A	Leicester	2:0	Not in squad
Squad: 0, Starting eleven: 0, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0

Positions played

Played as...
Centre-Forward	40	14	13
Attacking Midfield	2	-	1
Second Striker	1	-	1

National team career

#	National team		Debut
	France
-		France	Aug 12, 1987	45	20
	France U21
-		France U21	Mar 16, 1988	4	3

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