GiveMeSport - 📆 On this day in 1999: José Luis Chilavert became the first goalkeeper to score a hat-trick! Whilst playing for Vélez Sarsfield the Paraguay legend made history by netting three
![Former Paraguayan goalie Jose Luis Chilavert waves to the crowd during his farewell match at Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires, November 15, 2004. Chilavert, who captained Paraguay at the last two Former Paraguayan goalie Jose Luis Chilavert waves to the crowd during his farewell match at Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires, November 15, 2004. Chilavert, who captained Paraguay at the last two](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3NDA8/former-paraguayan-goalie-jose-luis-chilavert-waves-to-the-crowd-during-his-farewell-match-at-velez-sarsfield-stadium-in-buenos-aires-november-15-2004-chilavert-who-captained-paraguay-at-the-last-two-world-cups-and-scored-more-than-50-goals-in-his-career-retired-after-more-than-20-years-as-a-professional-reuterssantiago-pandolfi-mbh-2D3NDA8.jpg)
Former Paraguayan goalie Jose Luis Chilavert waves to the crowd during his farewell match at Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires, November 15, 2004. Chilavert, who captained Paraguay at the last two
![ཊལབསརངཧ on Twitter: "Jose Luis Chilavert – Bulldog kits. Paraguay and Velez Sarsfield, 1993 - 1995 https://t.co/e5DxTeGTh7" / Twitter ཊལབསརངཧ on Twitter: "Jose Luis Chilavert – Bulldog kits. Paraguay and Velez Sarsfield, 1993 - 1995 https://t.co/e5DxTeGTh7" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DitS1VkW0AI16vf.jpg)
ཊལབསརངཧ on Twitter: "Jose Luis Chilavert – Bulldog kits. Paraguay and Velez Sarsfield, 1993 - 1995 https://t.co/e5DxTeGTh7" / Twitter
![Jose Luis Chilavert: 'The ref was in my way, but luckily he moved - it could have knocked him out!' | FourFourTwo Jose Luis Chilavert: 'The ref was in my way, but luckily he moved - it could have knocked him out!' | FourFourTwo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wmVsTQHehoJBrGR28SMND5.jpg)
Jose Luis Chilavert: 'The ref was in my way, but luckily he moved - it could have knocked him out!' | FourFourTwo
![Velez Sarsfield goalie star Jose Luis Chilavert (R) talks with referee Angel Sanchez during the second Velez Sarsfield goalie star Jose Luis Chilavert (R) talks with referee Angel Sanchez during the second](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D56FBB/velez-sarsfield-goalie-star-jose-luis-chilavert-r-talks-with-referee-angel-sanchez-during-the-second-round-of-the-libertadores-cup-quarter-finals-match-against-river-plate-may-12-emrc-2D56FBB.jpg)