Santi Cazorla of Arsenal celebrates scoring (Picture: Getty)

Arsenal’s Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla has revealed how an injury as a youngster led him to becoming an ambidextrous footballer.

There’s a lot of footballer’s that struggle to play with their weaker foot, their swinger, but there’s very few that have the ability to be equally as strong with both feet, Santi Cazorla is one of those players.

The Spanish international’s ability to use to use his left and right boot with equal competence once led to Arsene Wenger admitting that even he wasn’t sure which foot was Cazorla’s strongest.

In an interview with the official Arsenal website, Cazorla revealed his ambidexterity was down to hard work on the training ground and, bizarrely, an injury to his right foot as a child.




‘I have always preferred the right foot, ever since I was younger,’ he said. ‘I was a little bit hurt in my right ankle once, and that is when I started to use my left foot a lot more.’

Cazorla celebrating Arsenal’s FA Cup victory. (Picture: Getty Images)

‘Being able to use both feet is something that came quite naturally to me ever since I started playing. However, it is something I continuously work on in a very strong manner to ensure that my level never gets any lower.

‘Everything comes from a base of hard work. After training sessions I would stay an extra half-an-hour and kick the ball against the wall with my weaker foot over and over again to make sure it becomes stronger and better. Players should remember that everything comes from hard work.’

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