In many ways he was the spiritual ancestor of Bruce Grobbelaar, brilliant but erratic, with the capacity to make you wonder if was actually watching the game. And like that other famously flamboyant Welsh goalie, Neville Southall, he was proof that you didn't have to be miserable to be a...
Paraguay's José Luis Chilavert refused to take part in the 1999 Copa America tournament that was held in the goalkeeper's home country, in protest over the amount of state funding the competition was due to receive and the alleged incompetence of local officials. Chilavert argued that the mo...