Hali Long
Filipino footballer (born 1995)

Hali Long
Long with the Philippines in 2025
Personal information
Full name Hali Moriah Candido Long[1]
Birth name Hali Moriah Long[2]
Date of birth (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Center-back
Team information
Current team
 College of Asian Scholars (on loan from Kaya–Iloilo)
Number 5
Youth career
Lou Fusz-Wipke
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Little Rock Trojans 71 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Kaya–Iloilo
2025– → College of Asian Scholars 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– Philippines 101 (22)
Medal record
Representing the  Philippines
ASEAN Women's Championship
Winner 2022 Philippines Team
Southeast Asian Games
Winner 2025 Thailand Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of December 17, 2025

Hali Moriah Candido Long (born January 21, 1995) is a professional women's footballer who plays as a center-back and captains PFF Women's League club Kaya–Iloilo. Born in the United States, she also captains the Philippines women's national team. She is currently on loan at College of Asian Scholars.

Early life and education

Hali Long was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri,[3] to Lilie Candido and David Long.[4] 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.[5]

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.[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8] She also won two league titles with Kaya, in the 2023 and 2025 seasons.[9][10]

Long was loaned to Thai side BGC–College of Asian Scholars for the preliminary round of the 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League.[11][12]

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 Philippine national team. She was then selected to be part of the Philippine squad to participate at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship in Myanmar.[6] This was the first time that a Trojans player competed on a senior national team.[13] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan.[14] 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,[15] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[16]

Long continued to play for the Philippines in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she was a starting center back.[4]

Long is part of the Philippine squad for the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand. The semifinal match against the host marked Long's 100th cap for the national team. The Philippines drew Thailand 1–1 in extra time but the former advanced to its first ever SEA Games women's football final after prevailing in the penalty shootouts.[17]

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  Tajikistan 3–0 8–0
3. 5–0
4. 6–0
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. 8–0
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  Timor-Leste 5–0 7–0
11. 6–0
12. April 22, 2022 Wanderers Football Park, Sydney, Australia  Tonga 2–0 16–0 Friendly
13. 7–0
14. 15–0
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
19. April 4, 2025 Theyab Awana Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 1–0 4–1 Friendly
20. April 8, 2025 2–0 4–0
21. July 2, 2025 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia  Cambodia 5–0 6–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
22. August 7, 2025 Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ, Vietnam  Timor-Leste 3–0 7–0 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship

Honours

International

Philippines

Club

Kaya–Iloilo

References

  1. ^ a b "Long, Hali Moriah C". KL 2017 Results System. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Missouri Birth Index".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Erickson, Ethan (July 22, 2023). "Meet the St. Louis native who's representing the Philippines at the Women's World Cup". STLtoday.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Little Rock Athletics – Hali Long – 2015". Little Rock Trojans. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Long Earns spot on Philippines National Team". Little Rock Trojans. Little Rock Athletics. July 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hali Long – 2016 – Soccer".
  8. ^ Morales, Luisa (August 4, 2023). "Olivia McDaniel excited to play vs Long & Co. in PFF Women's League". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  9. ^ Del Carmen, Lorenzo (November 16, 2023). "Hali Long caps stellar year with PFFWL glory". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  10. ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (June 25, 2025). "After PFFWL title run, Hali Long rallies Filipinas for do-or-die AFC qualis". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
  11. ^ Atencio, Peter (August 24, 2025). "Hali Long to suit up for Thai League women's team". Manila Standard. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  12. ^ Leyba, Olmin (August 24, 2025). "Kaya FC Iloilo skipper Hali Long on loan to Thailand soccer club BGC-College of Asian Scholars". BusinessWorld. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  13. ^ "Trojan Soccer player Hali Long makes Philippines national soccer team". July 26, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  14. ^ "Football: Philippines dismantles Tajikistan in Women's Asian Cup qualifying". ABS-CBN News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "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. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  16. ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (January 22, 2022). "Double celebration for PWNFT's birthday girl Hali Long". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  17. ^ "After 100 caps, Hali Long looks to cement legacy with SEA Games gold". Tiebreaker Times. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
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