# Hali Long

Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a center-back and captains PFF Women's League club Kaya–Iloilo and the Philippines national team.

## Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Lilie Candido and David Long. 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.

## 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. 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.

### 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.

### International

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. This was the first time that a Trojans player competed on a senior national team. She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan. 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 and the 2018. and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.
Long continued to play for the Philippines in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she was a starting center back.

## International goals

    Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | April 5, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Iraq | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | April 7, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 3. | April 7, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 4. | April 7, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | Tajikistan | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 5. | August 24, 2017 | UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia | Thailand | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2017 Southeast Asian Games |
| 6. | November 4, 2018 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan | Singapore | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 7. | November 4, 2018 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan | Singapore | 8–0 | 9–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 8. | August 3, 2019 | PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Philippines | Macau | 9–0 | 11–0 | Friendly |
| 9. | August 15, 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | Malaysia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship |
| 10. | August 17, 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | Timor-Leste | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship |
| 11. | August 17, 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | Timor-Leste | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship |
| 12. | April 22, 2022 | Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, Australia | Tonga | 2–0 | 16–0 | Friendly |
| 13. | April 22, 2022 | Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, Australia | Tonga | 7–0 | 16–0 | Friendly |
| 14. | April 22, 2022 | Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, Australia | Tonga | 15–0 | 16–0 | Friendly |
| 15. | July 15, 2022 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines | Vietnam | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2022 AFF Women's Championship |
| 16. | November 12, 2022 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | Chile | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 17. | April 5, 2023 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan | Pakistan | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 18. | May 9, 2023 | RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Vietnam | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Southeast Asian Games |

## Honours
### International
#### Philippines

* Southeast Asian Games third place: 2021
* ASEAN Women's Championship: 2022

### Club
#### Kaya–Iloilo

* SingaCup Women's Football Championship: 2022
* PFF Women's League: 2023