[4] 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] 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.

[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.