The 26-year-old has enjoyed a fine start to his Arsenal career, scoring four goals in seven Premier League games since his club record move from Lyon in the summer but the forward has revealed that when he was younger he preferred keeping the ball out of the net rather than put it in it.
"I did like playing in goal when I was young but my mum wasn't very keen as she thought being a goalie was too dangerous," he said.
"She said that I either played as a forward or not at all."
Lacazette has plenty to thank his mum for, with goals having flowed freely for the Frenchman ever since.
"Sometimes I was embarrassed for the opposition if there was a huge goal difference between the two teams but that didn't happen all the time," he explained.
"I suppose temperament wise, I was quite reserved. I still am. I just liked playing football with my friends.
"If we lost, of course I was sad. I used to cry at the slightest negative thing. Don't worry, it's changed now!"
So there you go, from school yard stopper to feared striker, who says a leopard can't change its spots?