# 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. 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. Younghusband's tenure coincided with the resurgence of the national team. 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.
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. Younghusband received his first senior team call-up the following year. In his second national team appearance, he scored his first four international goals against Timor-Leste during the 2007 AFF Championship qualification. 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. 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.
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.

## International goals

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

## International statistics

Caps and goals by competition :
| Competition | Caps | Goals |
| Friendlies (incl. minor invitational tournaments) | 43 | 16 |
| AFC Asian Cup | 3 | 0 |
| FIFA World Cup/AFC Asian Cup qualifiers | 15 | 7 |
| AFF Championship | 24 | 6 |
| AFF Championship qualifiers | 7 | 8 |
| AFC Challenge Cup | 9 | 8 |
| AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 108 | 52 |
Caps and goals by opposition :
| Opposition | Caps | Goals |
| East Timor | 4 | 6 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 5 |
| Nepal | 5 | 5 |
| India | 2 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 3 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 3 |
| Laos | 5 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 3 |
| Brunei | 2 | 2 |
| Palestine | 2 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 2 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 1 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 1 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1 |
| Singapore | 8 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 |
| Guam | 1 | 0 |
| Macau | 1 | 0 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 |
| China | 2 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 |
| North Korea | 3 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 |
| Thailand | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 108 | 52 |