Emilio Pacheco, nicknamed "Lolo" was a Filipino international

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and

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. In his career as a player he was part of clubs such as

Bohemian Sporting Club Bohemian Sporting Club was a Filipino football club based in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1910 and was one of the first clubs to be established within the country. The club, during the earliest phases of football in the Philippines, im ...

, Turba Salvaje and Philippine Columbian. As a coach he led the

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Club career

Emilio "Lolo" Pacheco settled at Bohemian S.C. in the 1920s where he played as a forward and was paired alongside teammates with the likes of Virgilio Lobregat and Jose Villareal to lead the offense. After his stint as a ''Bohemian'', he then joined another football club based in

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named Turba Salvaje where he played until 1930. The year after, in 1931, Pacheco and Emilio Heredia joined Jesus Lacson Suarez in the Philippine Columbian football-team.

International career

Lolo Pacheco was called up to represent the

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in the 1923 Far Eastern Games in Osaka where he and his teammates were involved in a brawl against China's players and part of the crowd, after losing 0-2. The fight was stopped thanks to the police who managed to establish order and the two sides agreed to finish the game. It ended in a 0-3 defeat but the next match against Japan, the Filipinos were able to walk away with a 2-1 win and secure a silver medal. Pacheco took also part in the Far East Games in 1925 held in

in which, once again, brought home a second silver medal. He missed out on the 1927 edition and the 1930 edition of the Far East Games in

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were his last. Pacheco scored the two goals in the 2-7 defeat against Japan and the

finished third in the tournament after also losing to China.

Managerial career

Pacheco led the

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in 1967 as its head coach at the Asian qualifiers for the men's football event of the

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and helped the team secure a spot in the tournament. He was then succeeded by the Spanish coach

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in late 1967.

Personal life

He was the father of another Filipino sports legend, Eduardo Alvir Pacheco, also known as Eddie Pacheco, who stood out both in football and basketball.

Honors

Philippine national football team *

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: **(Silver medal)

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**(Bronze medal)

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