 "Paco" Jovel started playing football with the "Calaveras" football team in the Salvadoran Second Division when only 14 years old and joined hometown Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador side Luis Ángel Firpo in 1972.He formed a formidable partnership with Brazilian Luis Nelson De Moraes but won his only league title during a couple of seasons with Águila, before finishing his career back at Luis Ángel Firpo after spending 15 years at the highest level.He was nicknamed "el Káiser" because his playing style resembling that of West Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer.