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Hali Long of Team Philippines controls the ball during the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup Australia 2026 Quarter Final match between Japan and Philippines<\/p>\n
She reached her 100th international cap at the 2025 SEA Games, becoming just the second player in Philippines history to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n
A centre-back by trade, Long began her club career with the Little Rock Trojans before moving to Kaya FC-Iloilo, where she spent six seasons and captained the side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to take on a new challenge in a new country and ready to push myself while helping the team reach its goals this year,\u201d Long said after signing her new contract.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to meet the girls and get started!\u201d<\/p>\n
She also spent time on loan with Thai club BGC-College of Asian Scholars for continental competition.<\/p>\n
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Sam Kerr of Australia takes on Hali Long of the Philippines during the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup Group B match between Philippines and Australia at Mumbai Football Arena on January 24, 2022<\/p>\n
Long will bring significant international experience and leadership to Johnathan Clemente\u2019s Roar squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cHali is a genuine, proper defender. She loves to tackle and head the ball in all circumstances and she\u2019ll no doubt put her body on the line for Brisbane,\u201d Clemente said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA leader and legend of Philippines football as captain with 106 international caps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Long becomes Brisbane Roar\u2019s seventh signing of the off-season following on from the acquisitions of the likes of Adelaide United legend Isabel Hodgson<\/a> and fellow Philippines international Katrina Guillou<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile\u00a0Abby Smothers<\/a>,\u00a0Natalie Tathem<\/a>,\u00a0Annabel Martin<\/a> and Murphy Agnew<\/a> have all joined Clemente\u2019s new-look side for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n Clemente\u2019s Roar side open their 2026\/27 Ninja A-League campaign at home to Central Coast Mariners on Saturday, October 17 at Spencer Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane Roar have signed Philippines captain Hali Long ahead of the upcoming Ninja A-League season. Long, 31, is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[342,1417,4640,99,152],"class_list":["post-91463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-a-league-women","tag-a-leagues","tag-alwfeatured","tag-brisbane","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}