He's an idol of the club, he was sanctioned for 9 months, now he is an actor

There are some players that once they retire they decide to continue in the world of football, some of them become consultants for their team and some other try to become managers, they are plenty of options, but this player decided to become an actor.

This particular player was an idol for the club, and on top of that he was a protagonist of an iconic moment for Manchester United, the time that he kicked a fan in the stands and then he was sanctioned for 9 months and on top of that he had 120 hours of social service.

Eric Cantona is a legend for Manchester United, and once he decided to retire his option to keep himself busy was to start making movies, his first movie came out in 1995, the same year that the famous kick happended, the movie name in english is “Happiness is in the field”.

Since that movie he had some various roles in different movies, some of them where he plays himself or talks about his time for Manchester United, but he has not limited himself to be an actor, he was also part of the production team, and an actor, in a movie that goes by the title of “Looking for Eric”.

Looking for Eric

This is considered to be the most successful movie in which Eric Cantona has participated, the movie is about a postman that is a football fanatic, and when his live goes into a crisis he seeks for answers in Eric Cantona, the movie currently has a rating of 85% in the platform known as Rotten Tomatoes.