Emilio Pacheco

Emilio "Lolo" Pacheco
Emilio "Lolo" Pacheco in the 1930 Far Eastern Games
Personal information
Birth name Emilio Pacheco
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925 Bohemian
1930 Turba Salvaje
1931 Columbian
International career
1925–1930 Philippines
Managerial career
1967 Philippines
Medal record
 Philippines
Far Eastern Championship Games
Silver medal – second place 1923 Osaka Team
Silver medal – second place 1925 Manila Team
Bronze medal – third place 1930 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emilio Pacheco, nicknamed "Lolo" was a Filipino international football player and manager. In his career as a player he was part of clubs such as Bohemian Sporting Club,[1] Turba Salvaje[2] and Philippine Columbian.[3] As a coach he led the Philippines national football team.[4]

Club career

Emilio "Lolo" Pacheco in a Bohemian SC kit

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 Manila 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.[3]

International career

Lolo Pacheco was called up to represent the Philippines 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.[5] Pacheco took also part in the Far East Games in 1925[1] held in Manila 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 Tokyo were his last. Pacheco scored the two goals in the 2-7 defeat against Japan and the Philippines finished third in the tournament after also losing to China.[2]

Managerial career

Pacheco led the Philippines National Football Team in 1967 as its head coach at the Asian qualifiers for the men's football event of the 1968 Summer Olympics and helped the team secure a spot in the tournament. He was then succeeded by the Spanish coach Juan Cutillas in late 1967.[4]

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.[6]

Honors

Philippine national football team

References

  1. ^ a b "Seventh Far Eastern Games 1925 (Manila)".
  2. ^ a b "Ninth Far Eastern Games 1930 (Tokyo)".
  3. ^ a b The Sports Review; Friedlander, A., eds. (April 18, 1931). "A Corner in the Sports Market" (PDF). The SPORTS REVIEW. 1 (2). C.Ronquillo's Collection/University of the Philippines Diliman Library March 2, 1964. J.J. de Guzman: 9.
  4. ^ a b Dee, Ignacio (2016). "A National Football League: A Cure-All? (chapter authors)". Philippine Football: Its Past, Its Future. By Villegas, Bernardo. University of Asia and the Pacific. pp. 161–163. ISBN 978-621-8002-29-6.
  5. ^ "Sixth Far Eastern Games 1923 (Osaka)".
  6. ^ "Lobregat Football Immortal". Sports World. p. 16 Great moments in Philippine sports.