He spent his football career at Bohemian, during the 1910s and 1920s, where he lifted ten trophies (9 National titles and a Campeonato del Carnaval) and was a Filipino international from 1913 to 1925 bringing home seven Far Eastern Championship medals (a Gold and six Silvers).

As the Filipino football scene started to take place and saw the birth of the very firsts Philippine National Championships, Joaquín "Chacho" López found himself to be one of the front runners of the competition, as he immediately was part of the early successes of Bohemian Sporting Club.

[2] In the same year in 1913, after the Far Eastern Championship Games were over, Chacho and the Bohemians faced South China AA and prevailed over them with a 3–1 win result, for the "Campeonato del Carnaval".

It is unknown whether Joaquín "Chacho" López retired or left for another club but if he did hung up the boots, that would make him one of the very first "one-club men" in Philippines football history.

The first when Jesus Cacho completely missed the ball when attempting to clear and Au Kit San gratefully took his chance and the second when goalkeeper German Montserrat was caught out of position giving Wong Pak Chung an easy tap-in.

In Osaka a fight broke out between Ng Kam Chuen and Estava while the rest of the players joined in leading to a full-scale battle and members of the crowd were also involved.

[10] Joaquín "Chacho" López participated in his last Far East Games in 1925 held in the city where it first started, in Manila and ended his international career with a last silver medal, once again to the hands of China.