 In the 2001 Coupe de France Final, Chilavert scored the winning penalty in the shootout victory over Amiens SC.Chilavert was voted "World Goalkeeper of the Year" by the IFFHS in 1995, 1997, and 1998.He was sent off alongside Faustino Asprilla in the qualifiers, in which Asprilla had to convince a hitman to not murder Chilavert afterwards.