List of international goals scored by Phil Younghusband

Phil Younghusband is a former professional footballer who played as a forward for the Philippines national football team from 2006 to 2019.[1] He scored 52 goals with the national team, making him the all-time top goalscorer for the Azkals. He is also the nation's most capped player, having appeared in 108 matches.[2] Younghusband's tenure coincided with the resurgence of the national team.[3] Younghusband retired in November 2019 at the age of 32, in part due to his relegation to the bench for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[4][5]

A three-quarter view of Phil Younghusband, wearing a red shirt with a blue stripe, as he his smiling.
Phil Younghusband scored 52 goals in 108 appearances for the Philippines.

Younghusband was first called up to the Philippines national under-23 football team in 2005 after a gamer discovered his Filipino eligibility while playing Football Manager and notified the Philippine Football Federation.[6][7] Younghusband received his first senior team call-up the following year.[1] In his second national team appearance, he scored his first four international goals against Timor-Leste during the 2007 AFF Championship qualification.[8] His 12th international goal was scored against Vietnam in a match dubbed "The Miracle of Hanoi"—Younghusband's goal secured a win for the underdog Philippines and sparked a football renaissance in the country.[9][10] Younghusband's 50th international goal was a penalty kick against Tajikistan during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification. The goal guaranteed the inclusion of the Philippines in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the highest level competition in the team's history.[11]

Of Younghusband's 52 international goals, 15 were scored in the AFC Challenge Cup and its qualifiers, 14 in the AFF Championship and its qualifiers, 5 during AFC Asian Cup qualification, 2 during FIFA World Cup qualification, and 16 were scored in friendlies – including minor international tournaments such as the Long Teng Cup and the Philippine Peace Cup. He scored more against Timor-Leste than any other team, with six goals. Fifty of Younghusband's international goals were scored against Asian Football Confederation nations while the remaining two goals came against teams from the Oceania Football Confederation. Younghusband scored a hat‑trick twice during his international career and in both instances, he scored four goals.[8]

International goals

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Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Younghusband goal.[8][12]
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
International goals scored by Phil Younghusband
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 14 November 2006 Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines   East Timor
1–0
7–0 2007 AFF Championship qualification [13][14]
2
2–0‡
3
4–0
4
6–0
5 4 20 November 2006 Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines   Brunei
2–0
4–1 [15]
6
4–1
7 7 17 May 2008 Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Barotac Nuevo, Philippines   Bhutan
2–0
3–0
2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [16]
8 8 9 October 2010 National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan   Hong Kong
1–2‡
2–4 2010 Long Teng Cup [17]
9
2–2
10 10 22 October 2010 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos   East Timor
2–0‡
5–0
2010 AFF Championship qualification [18]
11 11 24 October 2010 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos   Laos
1–2‡
2–2
[19]
12 14 5 December 2010 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Vietnam
2–0
2010 AFF Championship [20]
13 18 9 February 2011 Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines   Mongolia
2–0
2–0
2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [21]
14 21 3 July 2011 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Sri Lanka
2–0
4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
15
4–0‡
16 24 30 September 2011 National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan   Hong Kong
1–2‡
3–3
2011 Long Teng Cup [23]
17 28 11 October 2011 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines     Nepal
1–0
4–0 Friendly [24]
18
3–0
19 31 11 March 2012 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal   India
1–0
2–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup [25]
20
2–0
21 32 13 March 2012 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu   Tajikistan
1–1
2–1
[26]
22 33 16 March 2012 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal   Turkmenistan
1–0
1–2
[27]
23 34 19 March 2012 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal   Palestine
1–0
4–3 [28]
24
2–1‡
25 35 5 June 2012 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Indonesia
2–2
2–2
Friendly [29]
26 38 7 September 2012 Jurong West Stadium, Jurong West, Singapore   Singapore
2–0
2–0
[30]
27 39 16 October 2012 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait   Kuwait
1–1‡
1–2
[31]
28 43 30 November 2012 Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Myanmar
1–0
2–0
2012 AFF Championship [32]
29 47 24 March 2013 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Cambodia
1–0
8–0 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [33]
30
2–0
31
3–0
32
7–0
33 48 26 March 2013 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Turkmenistan
1–0
1–0
[34]
34 53 15 November 2013 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India   India
1–1
1–1
Friendly [35]
35 58 24 May 2014 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives   Turkmenistan
1–0
2–0
2014 AFC Challenge Cup [36]
36 59 27 May 2014 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives   Maldives
1–0
3–2 (a.e.t.)
[37]
37 62 6 September 2014 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Myanmar
2–1‡
2–3 (a.e.t.)
2014 Philippine Peace Cup [38]
38 63 12 October 2014 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Papua New Guinea
4–0
5–0
Friendly [39]
39 64 31 October 2014 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar     Nepal
2–0‡
3–0
[40]
40 66 14 November 2014 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Cambodia
3–0
3–0
[41]
41 67 22 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Laos
2–1
4–1
2014 AFF Championship [42]
42 68 25 November 2014 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam   Indonesia
1–0‡
4–0
[43]
43 84 22 November 2016 Philippine Sports Stadium, Bocaue, Philippines   Indonesia
2–2
2–2
2016 AFF Championship [44]
44 87 28 March 2017 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines     Nepal
1–0‡
4–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification [45]
45
2–0
46 89 13 June 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan   Tajikistan
1–0
4–3
[46]
47 90 5 September 2017 Panaad Stadium, Bacolod, Philippines   Yemen
1–1
2–2
[47]
48 93 1 December 2017 Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan   Laos
1–0
3–1
2017 CTFA International Tournament [48]
49 96 22 March 2018 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Fiji
1–0‡
3–2
Friendly [49]
50 97 27 March 2018 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Tajikistan
2–1‡
2–1
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification [11]
51 98 6 September 2018 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain   Bahrain
1–0‡
1–1
Friendly [50]
52 101 17 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   East Timor
1–0
3–2
2018 AFF Championship [51]

International statistics

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See also

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