 Younghusband with the Philippines at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | James Joseph Younghusband[fn 1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ashford, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder, striker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2003 | Chelsea | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Staines Town | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Woking | 20 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Farnborough | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | San Beda FC | 21 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Meralco Sparks / Manila | 43 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Davao Aguilas | 53 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ceres–Negros | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Philippines U23 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2019 | Philippines | 101 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
James Joseph Younghusband[fn 1] (born 4 September 1986) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a right midfielder and sometimes as a forward.
Born in Surrey, England to an English father and Filipino mother, Younghusband played for the youth team of Chelsea. He spent his early senior career in the lower levels of English football with AFC Wimbledon, Staines Town, Woking, and Farnborough. He moved to the Philippines in 2011 where he played for San Beda, Loyola Meralco Sparks (later Meralco Manila), Davao Aguilas, and Ceres–Negros.
Younghusband played for the Philippines national team from 2005 to 2020, representing them in the Southeast Asian Games, AFF Championship, and AFC Asian Cup. He earned 101 caps and scored 12 goals for the senior national team.
Younghusband's younger brother, Phil, was also a footballer. The brothers have been teammates for both club and country.
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