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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hali Moriah Candido Long[1] | ||
Date of birth | January 21, 1995 | ||
Place of birth | St. Charles, Missouri, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing 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.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 5 April 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification | |
2. | 7 April 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification | |
3. | 5–0 | |||||
4. | 6–0 | |||||
5. | 24 August 2017 | UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Malaysia | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2017 Southeast Asian Games | |
6. | 4 November 2018 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |
7. | 8–0 | |||||
8. | 3 August 2019 | PFF National Training Centre, Carmona, Philippines | 9–0 | 11–0 | Friendly | |
9. | 15 August 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship | |
10. | 17 August 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship | |
11. | 6–0 |
References
- "Long, Hali Moriah C". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
- "Little Rock Athletics - Hali Long - 2015". Little Rock Trojans. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- "Long Earns spot on Philippines National Team". Little Rock Trojans. Little Rock Athletics. July 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- "Football: Philippines dismantles Tajikistan in Women's Asian Cup qualifying". ABS-CBN News. April 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- "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.