Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech admits he never wanted to be between the posts as a kid.
The Czech Republic international was a midfielder when he started playing football as a boy, but had to deputise in goal when his team's regular keeper missed a match.
“I never thought of being a goalkeeper," the goalkeeper told the Arsenal Magazine. “I was an ice hockey goalkeeper and when I started playing football, I was a midfielder or a left winger.
“Occasionally at the end of training sessions, when you had a free game with no 'keeper, where the deepest player acted as a goalkeeper, sometimes I went into goal because I wanted to see the difference between a big goal and a small ice hockey goal.
“My coach saw me a few times and one day, our goalkeeper didn't come for a game. We had no 'keeper and somebody had to play there, but nobody really wanted to. He pointed to me and said 'I've seen you a few times in goal and you've been doing quite well. You should try it.'"