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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. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines at international level.




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

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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

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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

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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.




Honours






= International

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Philippines

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




= Club

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Kaya–Iloilo

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




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kejuaraan Wanita AFF 2022
• Daftar peraih medali pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2020
• Liga Champions AFC 2007
• Bahasa Ngaju
• Renang pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2016
• Hali Long
• Tamba Hali
• List of Filipino American sportspeople
• Philippines women's national football team
• Hayley
• List of Vogue Philippines cover models
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
• 2022 AFF Women's Championship
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
• 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament