french association football player

Alexandre Lacazette ( bear 28 May 1991 ) is a french professional football player who plays as a forth for Premier League club Arsenal. He plays chiefly as a striker, but has besides been deployed as a second striker and wide forward and attacking midfielder. [ 4 ] Lacazette began his senior career with hometown golf club Lyon in 2010, at historic period 19. initially a across-the-board forward, he was converted into a striker, and finished as Ligue 1 top goalscorer and won Ligue 1 Player of the year in the 2014–15 season. In 2017, Lacazette was the discipline of a then-club record association football transfer when he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth up to £47.5 million ( €53 million ). [ 5 ] In England, he won an FA Cup.

Lacazette made his debut for the senior side of the France national team in 2013, after he represented his nation across all youth levels. Lacazette was a key contributor in France ‘s victory in the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Championship, where he scored the match-winning goal in the final against Spain. [ 6 ] He has recorded three goals in sixteen appearances for his nation .

early life [edit ]

Lacazette was born in Lyon, [ 7 ] to a family of Guadeloupean beginning. He is the youngest of four boys. One of his brothers, Benoît, played in the swiss second base division and french fourth division and was the coach in the Lyon futsal club : Lyon Footzik Futsal. His cousin, Romuald, is besides a professional football player and plays as a central midfielder. [ 8 ] Lacazette started playing football at the age of seven for his local golf club Elan Sportif, in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon. [ citation needed ]

Club career [edit ]

lyon [edit ]

Upon his arrival at the club, Lacazette began training at the Centre Tola Vologe, the club ‘s discipline center. While undergoing train, he was likened to former Lyon striker Sonny Anderson by many coaches, including the player himself. [ 9 ] As a youth player, Lacazette played in the club ‘s under-18 team that finished in one-third seat in the Championnat National des moins de 18 ans during the 2007–08 season. The follow season, he began making appearances for the club ‘s Championnat de France Amateur ( CFA ) reserve team, scoring five goals in 19 CFA matches. [ 10 ] In the 2009–10 season, Lacazette had a leading campaign in the CFA, scoring 12 goals in 22 appearances. [ 10 ]

2009–11 : Development and breakthrough [edit ]

During the moment one-half of the 2009–10 Ligue 1 season, he was called up to the first gear team by coach Claude Puel and appeared on the terrace in the team ‘s 1–0 victory over Montpellier on 2 May 2010. [ 11 ] Three days belated, Lacazette made his first gear team introduction in a Ligue 1 home equal against Auxerre. [ 12 ] On 3 July 2010, Lacazette signed his beginning professional shrink agreeing to a three-year deal. Due to still having another class left on his aspirant ( young ) sign, the abridge would start on 1 July 2011. [ 13 ]
Lacazette with Lyon in 2013 Lacazette ‘s successful campaign in the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Championship saw the player draw interest from italian baseball club Roma. [ 14 ] He besides drew praise from the media, alongside international teammates Yannis Tafer and Clément Grenier, for his dedication to the club after playing in the pre-season 2010 Emirates Cup match hours after playing in the final of the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Football Championship. [ 15 ] Lacazette began the 2010–11 season training full-time with the foremost team. He scored 6 goals in 12 2010–11 CFA matches for the club ‘s reserve team. [ 10 ] He scored his beginning competitive goal for the beginning team on 30 October in a Ligue 1 home match against Sochaux. His finish in the 69th moment gave Lyon a 2–1 spark advance, which would be the final mark. [ 17 ] Three days late, Lacazette made his european club competition debut against the portuguese clubhouse Benfica in a 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group B away match, appearing as a substitute in the second half with Lyon trailing 4–0. Minutes after coming onto the pitch, he assisted Lyon ‘s open goal, scored by Yoann Gourcuff in the 75th moment. He besides assisted Lyon ‘s second finish, scored by Bafétimbi Gomis in the 85th minute. Lyon, however, were unable to complete the comeback, losing 4–3. [ 18 ] On 7 December, Lacazette scored the first european cabaret rival goal of his career in Lyon ‘s final Group B match, the 88th-minute equalizer in the 2–2 home draw against Israeli cabaret Hapoel Tel Aviv .

2011–16 : emanation to stardom and Golden Boot acquire [edit ]

Lacazette playing for Lyon in 2015 Lacazette scored Lyon ‘s only goal in the 2014 Coupe de la Ligue Final against Paris Saint-Germain ; however his side lost 2–1. [ 19 ] In September 2014, Lacazette signed a biennial extension to his contract, tying him to the club until 2018. [ 20 ] He scored his first hat-trick on 5 October 2014, scoring all the goals in a 3–0 Ligue 1 home acquire over Lille. [ 21 ] On 26 April 2015, Lacazette broke the Lyon read for Ligue 1 or Division 1 goals scored in a individual season with his 26th in a Ligue 1 4–2 away victory over Reims ; André Guy had scored a full of 25 Division 1 goals in the 1968–69 season. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He finished the 2014–15 Ligue 1 temper as the top scorer in Ligue 1, scoring a total of 27 goals. [ 24 ] Lacazette completed an outstanding season by being voted Ligue 1 Player of the year for the 2014–15 temper. [ 25 ] Amid transfer guess from a number of Premier League clubs such as Arsenal following his break-out season, on 8 August 2015, Lacazette signed a new manage, extending his compress with Lyon until 2019. [ 26 ] On 8 November 2015, he scored all of the goals in a 3–0 Ligue 1 home winnings over local anesthetic arch-rivals Saint-Étienne. [ 27 ] On 9 January 2016, he scored the first goal at the newly opened Parc Olympique Lyonnais, in a 4–1 winnings over Troyes in a Ligue 1 match. [ 28 ]

2016–17 : final temper at Lyon [edit ]

On 29 October 2016, Lacazette scored two goals in Lyon ‘s 2–1 away win against Toulouse in Ligue 1 to register his 100th and 101st goals in all competitions for Lyon, overtaking Juninho Pernambucano ( who scored 100 goals in 350 competitive matches for Lyon ) to become the fourth-most prolific scorer in Lyon ‘s history. [ 29 ] On 22 November, he scored the only finish by slotting family Rafael ‘s rolled cross from close roll in the 72nd minute of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage Group H matchday 5 1–0 away win against Dinamo Zagreb to keep active Lyon ‘s hopes of progressing to the smasher phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. [ 30 ] In early February 2017, Lacazette reportedly revealed to television show Canal Football Club his intention to leave Olympique Lyonnais in the summer of 2017. On 10 February, Jean-Michel Aulas, the club ‘s president, denied that Lacazette had asked to leave that summer and said that Lacazette ‘s comments were taken out of context by the media. [ 31 ]

arsenal [edit ]

In May 2017, it was reported that a verbal arrangement had been reached for Lacazette to join Atlético Madrid in the summer of 2017, but that fell through on 1 June 2017, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Atlético ‘s prohibition on registering players for two transmit windows ( 1 January – 2 February 2017 and 1 June – 31 August 2017 ) that was imposed in July 2016 by FIFA on the cabaret for breaching FIFA rules over the bless of minors. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] On 5 July 2017, Lacazette signed a reported five-year deal for Premier League club Arsenal for a club record fee ; [ 5 ] [ 35 ] Lyon disclosed that the tip was an initial €53 million ( £46.5 million ) plus up to €7 million ( £6.1 million ) in electric potential bonuses. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The fee was the largest always received by Lyon from the sale of a musician, beating the €41.5 million ( £37.7 million ) record set by Corentin Tolisso ‘s transportation to Bayern Munich three weeks earlier. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The transfer tip besides surpassed the previous Arsenal record €50 million ( £42.5 million ) that Arsenal paid Real Madrid for Mesut Özil in 2013. [ 35 ] Lacazette was given the issue 9 jersey. [ 38 ]

2017–18 : debut campaign

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Lacazette playing for Arsenal in 2018 On 6 August 2017, Lacazette made his first appearance for Arsenal in the 2017 FA Community Shield against Chelsea. Despite hitting the post center through the first half, Arsenal finally won 4–1 on penalties after the game ended 1–1 at full time. This win constituted his first trophy winnings at Arsenal. [ 39 ] On 11 August, Lacazette made his Premier League debut against Leicester City and scored after 94 seconds to give Arsenal a 1–0 spark advance in an eventual 4–3 acquire. [ 40 ] Lacazette besides managed to score in both of Arsenal ‘s following home games, scoring Arsenal ‘s second base in a 3–0 acquire over Bournemouth, before grabbing a brace for the clubhouse in a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion. [ 41 ] With his goals against West Brom, Lacazette became the foremost Arsenal player to score in his first three home league appearances for the club since Brian Marwood in September 1988. [ 42 ] Lacazette scored his first away goal for Arsenal, in the team ‘s 5–2 succeed against Everton at Goodison Park, latching onto a pass from Mesut Özil, to score Arsenal ‘s third base. [ 43 ] Lacazette claimed his 6th goal of the season in Arsenal ‘s 3–1 away get the better of to Manchester City after latching onto an Aaron Ramsey elapse, despite not starting the plot. [ 44 ] In November, Lacazette scored Arsenal ‘s hatchway goal in a 5–0 mob of Huddersfield Town and in December, he scored Arsenal ‘s lone goal in a 3–1 home kill to Manchester United. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Following a drawn-out menstruation on the sidelines through injury, Lacazette returned to the Arsenal team in the 3–0 home plate win over Stoke City in March, where he replaced Danny Welbeck in the 61st moment and scored the Gunners ‘ third finish of the crippled, after newly sign and intend penalty-taker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, allowed Lacazette to take the penalty. [ 47 ] Lacazette would then score doubly on his Europa League debut for Arsenal, in a 4–1 win against CSKA Moscow, marking his beginning finish in european rival for the club. [ 48 ] Lacazette then registered his third finish in european football for Arsenal, by scoring in the Europa League semi-final 1–1 draw with Atlético Madrid. The goal was Lacazette ‘s one-seventh goal in seven games for the cabaret since returning from injury. [ 49 ] Lacazette scored in Arsène Wenger ‘s final home couple, a 5–0 mob of Burnley, the team ‘s second goal and his fourteenth league finish of the temper, Lacazette besides picked up an serve for the team ‘s opening goal angstrom well. [ 50 ]

2018–21 : Arsenal Player of the Season, FA Cup succeed [edit ]

After the departure of coach Arsène Wenger, Lacazette found himself dropped to the bench under new coach Unai Emery, making substitute appearances against Manchester City, Chelsea and West Ham United. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Lacazette made his first beginning under Emery in Arsenal ‘s 3–2 away win over Cardiff City on 2 September, where he registered an serve and scored his first goal of the season. [ 54 ] On 1 April 2019, Lacazette scored Arsenal ‘s second gear goal in a 2–0 succeed over Newcastle United, which sent Arsenal into third space and two points clear of rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United. The goal marked Lacazette ‘s thirteenth finish of the season in the Premier League. [ 55 ] On 3 May 2019, Lacazette was voted by Arsenal supporters as the golf club ‘s player of the season. [ 56 ] Lacazette scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season in Arsenal ‘s home plate undoer, a 2–1 victory against Burnley on 17 August 2019. [ 57 ] On 1 August 2020, Lacazette was selected to start in the FA Cup Final against Chelsea, as Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup. [ 58 ] Lacazette scored Arsenal ‘s first league finish and inaugural Premier League finish of the 2020–21 season in a 3–0 victory against Fulham on 12 September 2020. [ 59 ] He scored three goals in three league starts in September and was voted as the runner up of the Player of the Month on Arsenal official web site. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] On 14 March 2021, Lacazette scored the winning goal in a 2–1 succeed against Tottenham Hotspur in North London bowler hat, becoming the first Arsenal player to score in three consecutive home league against their north London rival since 2008. [ 62 ] On April 11, he scored his fiftieth Premier League finish in a 3–0 acquire over Sheffield United. [ 63 ] With 13 goals, he finished the temper as Arsenal ‘s highest goalscorer in premier league. [ 64 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Lacazette has featured for all of France ‘s home youth teams beginning with the under-16 team making his debut in the team ‘s 2–0 victory over Cameroon on 3 April 2007 at the Montaigu Tournament. [ 65 ] He finished the crusade with four appearances in the tournament. With the under-17 team, Lacazette was a regular and contributed to the team ‘s reservation for the 2008 UEFA european Under-17 Football Championship. In the contest, he scored the game-winning goal in the team ‘s 2–1 acquire over the Republic of Ireland in the group degree. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] France by and by reached the final examination where the team was defeated 4–0 by Spain. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]
With the under-18 team, Lacazette made his debut in the team ‘s equal against Ukraine. [ 70 ] He featured in ten of the eleven matches the team contested scoring one goal, which came against Denmark in the Tournoi de Limoges. [ 71 ] For under-19 duty, Lacazette was again called upon by coach Francis Smerecki, making his first appearance for the team in a 4–2 defeat against Netherlands on 9 November 2009. [ 72 ] He scored his first goal for the team on 4 March 2010 in a 2–1 acquire against Ukraine. [ 73 ] On 7 June 2010, Lacazette was named to coach Smerecki ‘s 18-man team to participate in the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. In the tournament, he scored two goals in the team ‘s 5–0 Group A victory over Austria. [ 74 ] France late reached the final where they faced Spain, which was basically composed of the like players that defeated France in the 2008 UEFA european Under-17 Football Championship final. In the match, France came back from a goal down to win 2–1 with Lacazette netting the game-winning finish in the 85th hour after heading in a crabbed from Gaël Kakuta. France thus secured their second UEFA european Under-19 backing deed. [ 75 ] due to France ‘s victory at the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 championship, the nation qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This resulted in Lacazette making appearances for the under-20 team. He made his under-20 team debut on 7 October 2010 in a friendly match against Portugal. The match ended 3–3 with Lacazette scoring the opening goal of the meet. [ 76 ] Three days late, Lacazette scored a double in the team ‘s 5–0 thrash of the Juventus Primavera team. [ 77 ] The match was unofficial and was contested as region of the celebration of the Treaty of Turin. On 9 February 2011, Lacazette scored the game-winning finish in a 2–1 victory over England. In March 2011, Lacazette scored goals in back-to-back matches against Peru. On 10 June 2011, he was named to the 21-man team to participate in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals. He made his debut in the competition in France ‘s first Group A match on 30 July 2011 against the host state Colombia ( France lost the equal 4–1 ), appearing as a alternate. [ 78 ] In the team ‘s next Group A match against South Korea, Lacazette appeared as a stand-in again and scored the final goal ( in second-half wound clock ) of the pit, which France won 3–1. [ 79 ] He scored one goal in France ‘s final Group A equal, 2–0 winnings over Mali. Lacazette scored twice in the quarterfinal succeed over Nigeria and one goal in the one-third place match against Mexico. He finished as the tournament ‘s joint top scorer with 5 goals, along with Henrique Almeida and Álvaro Vázquez .

aged [edit ]

On 23 May 2013, Lacazette received his first call-up to the aged police squad following the withdrawal of Jérémy Ménez through wound. [ 6 ] He made his external debut on 5 June, as a 58th-minute stand-in for Olivier Giroud in a 0–1 friendly get the better of against Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. [ 80 ] Lacazette scored his first international finish on 29 March 2015, opening a 2–0 friendly win over Denmark at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne. During the pit, he was booed by some of the local supporters due to their competition with Lyon. [ 81 ] On 14 November 2017, Lacazette netted a brace for France during a friendly away to Germany in an eventual 2–2 draw. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] On 17 May 2018, he was named on the standby list for the 23-man french police squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [ 84 ] [ 85 ]

vogue of act [edit ]

Lacazette previously played as a winger for Lyon, before becoming a striker. [ 86 ] a well as goalscoring and complete ability, characteristics of his game are tempo, military capability, balance, technique, dribbling, link-up maneuver, and ability with either foot. He is besides a hard-working player, who presses the opposition and wins the testis back using his defensive skills and tackling ability. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ] Fellow Frenchman Gérard Houllier said in July 2017 that Lacazette “ is a piece like ” erstwhile Arsenal striker Ian Wright. [ 91 ] [ 89 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 2 December 2021[92]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

National Cup

League Cup

Europe

Other

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Lyon
2009–10
Ligue 1

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
1
0

2010–11

Ligue 1

9
1
0
0
0
0
2[a]
1
—
11
2

2011–12

Ligue 1

29
5
4
2
4
2
6[a]
1
—
43
10

2012–13

Ligue 1

31
3
0
0
0
0
5[b]
1
1[c]
0
37
4

2013–14

Ligue 1

36
15
2
2
4
3
12[d]
2
—
54
22

2014–15

Ligue 1

33
27
2
2
1
1
4[b]
1
—
40
31

2015–16

Ligue 1

34
21
2
0
1
0
6[a]
2
1[c]
0
44
23

2016–17

Ligue 1

30
28
1
1
1
1
12[e]
7
1[c]
0
45
37

Total

203
100
11
7
11
7
47
15
3
0
275
129

Arsenal
2017–18
Premier League

32
14
0
0
2
0
4[b]
3
1[f]
0
39
17

2018–19

Premier League

35
13
2
0
2
1
10[b]
5
—
49
19

2019–20

Premier League

30
10
4
0
0
0
5[b]
2
—
39
12

2020–21

Premier League

31
13
2
0
2
1
8[b]
3
0
0
43
17

2021–22

Premier League

9
1
0
0
3
2
—
—
12
3

Total

137
51
8
0
9
4
27
13
1
0
182
68

Career total

340
151
19
7
20
11
74
28
4
0
457
197

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2017[93]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

France

2013
2
0

2014
3
0

2015
5
1

2017
6
2

Total
16
3

As of match played 14 November 2017. France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lacazette goal.[93]

List of international goals scored by Alexandre Lacazette

No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition

1
29 March 2015
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France
 Denmark
1–0
2–0
Friendly

2
14 November 2017
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
 Germany
1–0
2–2

3
2–1

Honours [edit ]

Lyon
Arsenal
France U17
France U19
Individual

References [edit ]