FranceCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former professional footballer. In his football career, Cantona was a physically strong and technically skilful player with both creative and goalscoring ability. Mostly utilised as a deep-lying forward, he was also capable of playing as a centre-forward, a dedicated striker, an attacking midfielder, or a central midfielder. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players in 2004. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
3 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1992The archive holds 3 team sheets naming Eric Cantona in France's starting line-up, from 1992-06-10 to 1992-06-17.
3 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
10 goals across 8 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1989–1993| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-11-17 |  Bulgaria | L1–2(h) | 31' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Paris |
| 1993-04-28 |  Sweden | W2–1(h) | 42' (pen) 81' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Paris |
| 1993-02-17 |  Israel | W4–0(a) | 28' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Ramat Gan |
| 1992-11-14 |  Finland | W2–1(h) | 31' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Paris |
| 1992-10-14 |  Austria | W2–0(h) | 77' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Paris |
| 1991-11-20 |  Iceland | W3–1(h) | 59' 67' | UEFA Euro qualification | Paris |
| 1990-09-05 | Iceland | W2–1(a) | 74' | UEFA Euro qualification | Reykjavík |
| 1989-10-11 |  Scotland | W3–0(h) | 63' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Paris |
Honours
19 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours19 | ||||
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | ×1 | 2005 | France Beach | |
| Premier League | ×4 | 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97 | Manchester United | |
| FA Charity Shield | ×4 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 | Leeds United ·1, Manchester United ·3 | |
| Division 1 | ×2 | 1988–89, 1990–91 | Marseille | |
| FA Cup | ×2 | 1993–94, 1995–96 | Manchester United | |
| Coupe de France | ×1 | 1989–90 | Montpellier | |
| Cup of the Alps | ×1 | 1986–87 | Auxerre | |
| Euro Beach Soccer League | ×1 | 2004 | France Beach | |
| Football League First Division | ×1 | 1991–92 | Leeds United | |
| Kirin Cup | ×1 | 1994 | France | |
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship | ×1 | 1988 | France U21 | |
| Individual honours22 | ||||
| Player of the year · 5 | ||||
| Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year | ×2 | 1993–94, 1995–96 | ||
| FWA Footballer of the Year | 1995–96 | |||
| Onze d'Or | 1996 | |||
| PFA Players' Player of the Year | 1993–94 | |||
| Teams of the season · 2 | ||||
| ESM Team of the Year | 1995–96 | |||
| PFA Premier League Team of the Year | 1993–94 | |||
| Monthly awards · 3 | ||||
| BBC Sport Goal of the Month | ×2 | 1994, 1996 | ||
| Premier League Player of the Month | 1996 | |||
| More honours · 12 | ||||
| Most assists in the Premier League | ×2 | 1992–93, 1996–97 | ||
| 10th French Player of the Century | ||||
| Division 1 Rookie of the Year | 1987 | |||
| English Football Hall of Fame | ||||
| FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers | 2004 | |||
| Football League 100 Legends | ||||
| Golden Foot Legends Award | 2012 | |||
| Inducted into the inaugural English Football Hall of Fame | 2002 | |||
| Premier League Hall of Fame | 2021 | |||
| UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll | ||||
| UEFA President's Award | 2019 | |||