From 1924-1925, Ugarte was part of the La Salle football and track and field teams.

[1] Ugarte was part of the Philippine national team that participated at the Far Eastern Championship Games.

[2][3] Ugarte joined the San Miguel Corporation and was deeply involved in the now-defunct Philippine Football Association league.

In the early 1960s, Ugarte through the Soriano group, hired British coaches Alan Rogers, Brian Birch, Danny McClelan and Graham Adams to train coaches, players and referees as well as the national youth and senior teams.

[citation needed] At the start of the Commonwealth era, he served as legal adviser to Resident Commissioner Joaquín Miguel Elizalde he became legal adviser to the Resident Commissioner Mike Elizalde and joined President Sergio Osmeña upon his return to the Philippines.