 Joaquín akaita mutambo wake wekutanga kuchikwata chenyika cheSpain musi wa13 Kukadzi 2002 vachipesana nePortugal, mumutambo wehushamwari we1x1 wakaitirwa muBarcelona. Chimiro chechikwata chakanakisa cheBetis chakamuona achidanwa gore iroroFIFA World Cup, kwaakaonekwa kaviri: mumutambo wake wechipiri, quarter-finals vachipikisana neSouth Korea, akabatanidzwa mune zvisarudzo zviviri zvinopokana, kusanganisira chimwe chiitiko apo mutambi wemutsetse akasimudza mureza wake kuti awane chinangwa sezvo Joaquín akanga achiyambuka bhora kuna Fernando Morientes, uyo akarambidzwa chinangwa chegoridhe nharo yacho yakanga iri yokuti bhora rakanga rapfuura mutsetse. Zvisinei, kudzokorora kwakaratidza kuti hazvina kudaro; mutambo wakabva waenda kumatare, uye akasarudzwa kuti atore kuedza kwechina kwechikwata chake kunyangwe akatakura kukuvara iyo yakavharwa naLee Woon-jae. 