Gobstopper | James Younghusband

James Joseph Placer Younghusband was born 4 September 1986 in Ashford, Middlesex, England. An English-Filipino football player who plays for the Philippine National Team.

Younghusband's career began when he signed for Chelsea in 1996 and signed a scholarship with them at the tender age of 10. While with Chelsea he made a number of appearances for the youth and reserve team. During his scholarship he attended the Salesian School in southwest London where he passed all his GCSEs and one A-Level.

Younghusband played in all of the Philippines' matches at the ASEAN Championships 2007, but had a hamstring injury just before the tournament started and was never fully fit. He however started all 3 matches of the group.

He is the older brother of Phil Younghusband, also a football player, model and Celebrity Duets Finalist.

Younghusband presently does modeling for labels such as Hanford and and was recently part of FG (Fresh Gear) Fashion show at the Philippine Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 held at the SM Mall of Asia.