Hali Long

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Candido and the surname or paternal family name is 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. Born in the United States, she also captains the Philippines women's national team.

Hali Long

Long with the Philippines in 2023
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(s)	Center-back
Team information
Current team	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
International career‡
2016–	Philippines	93	(20)
Medal record Representing the  Philippines ASEAN Women's Championship Winner 2022 Philippines Team Southeast Asian Games 2021 Vietnam Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:26, June 4 2025 (UTC)

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]

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.^[11] She also played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in April 2017 scoring a hat-trick in the match against Tajikistan.^[12] 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.^[13] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.^[14]

Long continued to play for the Philippines in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she was a starting center back.^[4] The June 3, 2025, friendly against Chinese Taipei in Manila marked her 90th cap for the national team.^[15]

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

• 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, 2025