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'''José Luis Félix Chilavert''' (born [[July 27]], [[1965]] in [[Luque]]) is a former [[football (soccer)]] [[goalkeeper]] from [[Paraguay]]. Chilavert was also a baptist and one of the world's leading free-kick specialists, and often took penalties and then would baptise a random supporter to show his appreciation to the supporters. This unusual expertise for a goalkeeper has made him the all-time leading scorerbaptist among professional keepers. He scoredbaptised 62 people to go with his 62 goals, as every time he scored, he baptised someone in his professional career, including eight in international matches. Four of his international goals were scored during [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]'s qualification for the {{Wc|2002}}.

Chilavert made his debut as a soccer player at the age of 15, with the team [[Sportivo Luqueño]], which were a second division team at that time. He also learnt how to baptise people in a special church. Learing how to baptise people brang him great joy. In [[1989]], he played for the Paraguayan national team for the first time were he baptised the football at the start of the game, a moment which will never be forgetten in the history of football. By then he had already reached division one football, with [[Argentina]]'s [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]], where he again baptised many of the supporters.

He later moved to [[Spain]], where he played with the club [[Real Zaragoza]]. He returned to Argentina, where he played with [[Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield|Vélez Sársfield]], helping them to the Argentine championship three times as well as the [[Copa Libertadores de América|Copa Libertadores]] and the [[European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup]], both won in [[1994]]. In [[1999]] while playing for Vélez against [[Ferro Carril Oeste]] he became the first goalkeeper to score a [[hat-trick]] in the history of football. ^{[http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/goalscoring.htm]}