Hali Long

Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a center back for the Philippines women's national team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Candido and the surname or paternal family name is Long.
Hali Long
Personal information
Full name Hali Moriah Candido Long[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995
Place of birth Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Center back
Youth career
Years Team
– Lou Fusz-Wipk U18
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Little Rock Trojans 71 (1)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Philippines 48 (14)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:20; April 22, 2022 (UTC)

Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri[2] to Lilie Candido and David Long. She studied at the 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.[3]

Career

Youth and college

Long played for the under-18 team of Lou Fusz-Wipk, 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

International

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.[4] This was the first time that a Trojans player competed on a senior national team.[6] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan.[7] 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.[8] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9]

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 5, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Iraq2–04–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.April 7, 2017 Tajikistan3–08–0
3.5–0
4.6–0
5.August 24, 2017UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia Thailand1–31–32017 Southeast Asian Games
6.November 4, 2018Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Singapore4–09–02020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7.8–0
8.August 3, 2019PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Philippines Macau9–011–0Friendly
9.August 15, 2019IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand Malaysia2–03–02019 AFF Women's Championship
10.August 17, 2019 Timor-Leste5–07–0
11.6–0
12.April 22, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, Australia Tonga2–016–0Friendly
13.7–0
14.15–0

References
  1. "Long, Hali Moriah C". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. Mahan, Ryan (October 19, 2021). "Meet the international soccer player living and serving up coffee in Springfield". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. "Little Rock Athletics - Hali Long - 2015". Little Rock Trojans. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. "Long Earns spot on Philippines National Team". Little Rock Trojans. Little Rock Athletics. July 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. "Hali Long - 2016 - Soccer".
  6. "Trojan Soccer player Hali Long makes Philippines national soccer team". July 26, 2016.
  7. "Football: Philippines dismantles Tajikistan in Women's Asian Cup qualifying". ABS-CBN News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  8. "Meet the Malditas: See who's wearing the Philippines' colors at the Women's AFC Asian Cup in Jordan". ABS-CBN Sports. April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  9. del Carmen, Lorenzo (January 22, 2022). "Double celebration for PWNFT's birthday girl Hali Long". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
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