Hali Long

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

Hali Long
Personal information
Full name Hali Moriah Candido Long[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995
Place of birth St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Defender
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 30 (5)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 24, 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship)

Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 21, 1995[2] to Lilie Candido and David Long. She studied at the Francis Howell North High School 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 maintaning a GPA 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.[4]

International

On 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] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers on April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan.[5] 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 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 April 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Iraq2–04–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.7 April 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan3–08–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
3.5–0
4.6–0
5.24 August 2017UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia Thailand1–31–32017 Southeast Asian Games
6.4 November 2018Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Singapore4–09–02020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7.8–0
8.3 August 2019PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Philippines Macau9–011–0Friendly
9.15 August 2019IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand Malaysia2–03–02019 AFF Women's Championship
10.17 August 2019IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand Timor-Leste5–07–02019 AFF Women's Championship
11.6–0

References

  1. "Long, Hali Moriah C". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  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. "Football: Philippines dismantles Tajikistan in Women's Asian Cup qualifying". ABS-CBN News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. "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.


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