Cañizares' club form ensured himself as first-choice international in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but he missed out on the tournament due to an accident with an aftershave bottle which resulted in a severed tendon in his foot.
Cañizares' club form ensured himself as first-choice international att UEFA Euro 2000. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup he walso first-choice but he missed out on the tournament due to an accident with an aftershave bottle which resulted in a severed tendon in his foot.