Classify Eric Cantona

[Magister Eckhart]

I haven't seen anyone do it yet so I figured I'd offer the question.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01250/eric-cantona-460_1250254c.jpg

http://u.goal.com/26400/26490_news.jpg

http://blog.nuveo.fr/images/sports/eric-cantona_937125.jpg

http://www.showbiz.ie/photos/2009-06-eric-cantona.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/27/1290859590034/Eric-Cantona----007.jpg

I didn't actually know he was French when I first saw pictures of him; I took him for Greek (however, I was ignorant of anthropology at the time). I certainly see some Cro-magnid influence and I am still tempted to say he looks south-eastern Mediterranean, but I'd very much like to see these views elaborated on or utterly shot down.

His ancestry is apparently a mixture of Sardinian, Catalonian, and French (central France).

[Ibericus]

I would say a mix of Baskid, Alpine and CM.

[aherne]

Looks Celt-Iberian. Both elements can be seen in him, so he can pass as Spanish, British-Islander, French. He doesn't look Italian, despite his name.

[Caeruleus]

Eric Cantona. French footballer of Italian/Catalan descent. Height - 190 cm.

http://www.istoriafotbalului.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Eric-Cantona.jpg
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00164/cantona_getty_164822s.jpg
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-BExc6YXUgKbXodKPsF5DjqWsRF2ZnLuId-mdBGP_Xg_hFRU2AqeiMSTj
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00565/Eric_Cantona_565460i.jpg
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01506/Eric_Cantona-1996_1506629i.jpg

[alzo zero]

Dinaro-Atlantid.

[Fra Baldracco]

definetely not the average french.

[alzo zero]

definetely not the average french.
He reminds me of Chabal a little. If I'm not wrong Cantona is part gypsy.

[Fra Baldracco]

He reminds me of Chabal a little. If I'm not wrong Cantona is part gypsy.

yes,they have got a similar look.

[Ouistreham]

Dinaro-Atlantid.

Same can be said of another famous French citizen of Spanish/Italian descent, socialist leader Manuel Valls (born in Barcelona, Catalan father, mother from Ticino, It. Switzerland):

http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/politique/cumul-mandats/image/manuel-valls-599786.jpg

http://www.dna.fr/fr/images/30855cd3-fe24-4d49-b0af-2a50b301b402/DNA_02/Manuel-Valls.-(Photo-archives-AFP).jpg

[alzo zero]

Same can be said of another famous French citizen of Spanish/Italian descent, socialist leader Manuel Valls (born in Barcelona, Catalan father, mother from Ticino, It. Switzerland)
Probably if you draw a line joining Barcelona to Lugano and see what is half way between the two you won't go too far from where Chabal and Cantona were born.

[BanjaLuka]

Pred. Dinarid / Atlantid , IMHO very progressive type....

[alzo zero]

yes,they have got a similar look.
I think also Raymond Domenech is of the same type although maybe he's more heavily Med.

http://www.ilfoglio.it/media/uploads/paninidomenech%20panini.jpg

http://www.calciosport24.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Domenech21.jpg

[GeistFaust]

Robust Dinarid/Atlanto-Dinarid.

[research_centre]

He reminds me of Chabal a little. If I'm not wrong Cantona is part gypsy.

I agree. And in that second to last photo he looks typically Jewish.

[alzo zero]

Robust Dinarid/Atlanto-Dinarid.
Maybe you meant to say "Dinarid/Dinaro-Atlantid"? I've been told that the predominant element comes first. :confused:

[Caeruleus]

I agree. And in that last photo he looks typically Jewish.

I dont know anything about Cantona being a gypsy, I do know though that his mother's maiden name was Raurich wich sounds kind of jewish.

[alzo zero]

I dont know anything about Cantona being a gypsy, I do know though that his mother's maiden name was Raurich wich sounds kind of jewish.
Some Italian sites say Eric Cantona, like Andrea Pirlo, has some Sinti ("Manouche") ancestry. However, like in the case of Pirlo, it may be a non confirmed rumour.

[Ouistreham]

I dont know anything about Cantona being a gypsy, I do know though that his mother's maiden name was Raurich wich sounds kind of jewish.

No. Many Catalan surnames indeed sound kinda German (e.g. Bosch). Raurich is 100% from Spain.

There had been rumours about Cantona's alleged Gypsy ancestry but nothing substantiated. His father's family was officially from Sardinia, but this surname doesn't exist there. No other family in Europe has this name except Eric Cantona and his father. There's a bit of a mystery about it.


Probably if you draw a line joining Barcelona to Lugano and see what is half way between the two you won't go too far from where Chabal and Cantona were born.

Mid-way between Barcelona and Ticino is Marseilles!
Spaniards and Italians, and mixes thereof, are the dominant ethnicity there, and more generally all along the French Mediterranean coast.

Chabal is indeed from Southern France. I remember he had a rather Alpinid skull shape but that was before he let his hair grow long...


I think also Raymond Domenech is of the same type although maybe he's more heavily Med.

http://www.ilfoglio.it/media/uploads/paninidomenech%20panini.jpg

http://www.calciosport24.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Domenech21.jpg

His parents are also immigrants from Spanish Catalonia!

[research_centre]

OK from Spanish Catalonia, that may be the case yet of what origin? Let us not forget Spain's history. There is a man with that same surname who contributed to this book.

JEWISH CATALONIA A JOURNEY TO THE LANDS OF EDOM Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d’Innovació Universitats

[Laubach]

I think also Raymond Domenech is of the same type although maybe he's more heavily Med.

http://www.ilfoglio.it/media/uploads/paninidomenech%20panini.jpg

http://www.calciosport24.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Domenech21.jpg

Domenech also has catalan origins.

Cantona= Pred. Dinarid +Atlantid

[Laubach]

No. Many Catalan surnames indeed sound kinda German (e.g. Bosch). Raurich is 100% from Spain.

!

Yeah, another example are Belanger and Ferrer, seems german, but are catalan.

However, we also have some Catalan surnames that seem french

[Marino]

Baskid (Atlantomediterranid-Dinarid) with Cromagnid influence.

Not untypical for Southern France.

[leisitox]

baskid+CM