Hali Long

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Hali Long
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Personal information
Full name Hali Moriah Candido Long [1]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Center back
Team information
Current team
Kaya–Iloilo
Youth career
Lou Fusz-Wipke U18
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Little Rock Trojans 71 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Kaya–Iloilo
International career
2016– Philippines 80 (18)
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
AFF Women's Championship
Winner 2022 Philippines Team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:43; August 5, 2023 (UTC)

Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a center back. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team.

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Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, [2] to Lilie Candido and David Long. [3] She studied at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, lettering in all four years in her secondary education and at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She was named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for maintaining a GPA (grade point average) of 3.0 or better for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 school years. [4]

Career

Youth and college

Long played for the under-18 team of Lou Fusz-Wipke, helping the youth club win three state championships. She played for the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team from 2013 to 2016. She made her first career assist in 2014 against Southern and her first career goal in 2016 against Memphis. [4] In 2015 she played the most minutes among players of the Little Rock Trojans women's soccer team. She also started every game, one of only three players on that year’s roster to do so. [5] [6]

Club career

Long plays for Kaya–Iloilo in the PFF Women's League. She played with them in the 2022 PFF Women's Cup where her side finished third. [7]

International

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Long in 2022.

Long was born in the United States to an American father and Filipino mother. In June 2016, Long joined a training camp by the Philippines women's national football team. She was then selected to be part of the Philippine squad to participate at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship in Myanmar. [5] This was the first time that a Trojans player competed on a senior national team. [8] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan. [9] The team managed to secure qualification for the final tournament in Jordan.

She was also part of the Philippine roster for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games [1] and the 2018. [10] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. [11]

Long continued to play for the Philippines in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she was a starting center back. [3]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 5, 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, TajikistanFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 2–04–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.April 7, 2017Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 3–08–0
3.5–0
4.6–0
5.August 24, 2017 UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, MalaysiaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–31–3 2017 Southeast Asian Games
6.November 4, 2018Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, TajikistanFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4–09–0 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7.8–0
8.August 3, 2019 PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, PhilippinesFlag of Macau.svg  Macau 9–011–0 Friendly
9.August 15, 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, ThailandFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2–03–0 2019 AFF Women's Championship
10.August 17, 2019Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 5–07–0
11.6–0
12.April 22, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2–016–0Friendly
13.7–0
14.15–0
15.July 15, 2022 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, PhilippinesFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1–04–0 2022 AFF Women's Championship
16.November 12, 2022 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, ChileFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–01–1Friendly
17.April 5, 2023Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, TajikistanFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1–04–0 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
18.May 9, 2023 RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2–12–1 2023 Southeast Asian Games

Honours

International

Philippines

Club

Kaya–Iloilo

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