Ellen White (footballer)

Ellen White
MBE
White in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ellen Toni Convery[1]
Birth name Ellen Toni White
Date of birth (1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England[3]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4]
Position(s) Forward[4]
Youth career
1997–2005 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Chelsea 48 (21)
2008–2010 Leeds Carnegie 24 (17)
2010–2013 Arsenal 38 (11)
2014–2016 Notts County 24 (6)
2017–2019 Birmingham City 26 (23)
2019–2022 Manchester City 56 (20)
Total 217 (98)
International career
2010 England U23 3 (0)
2010–2022 England 113 (52)
2012–2021 Great Britain 8 (6)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  England
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Canada
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ellen Toni Convery MBE (née White; born 9 May 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. She is the record goalscorer for the England women's national team.[5]

Having progressed through the Arsenal academy, White returned to the Gunners in 2010, after spells with Chelsea and Leeds Carnegie. She has also played for Notts County, Birmingham City and Manchester City.[6][7] White earned the WSL's Golden Boot Award for most goals scored during the 2017–18 season. With Arsenal, she won the league in 2011 and 2012; the FA Women's Cup in 2011 and 2013 and the FA WSL Cup in 2011, 2012, and 2013. With Birmingham City, she was the league's top scorer in 2018. With Manchester City, she won the Women's FA Cup in 2020, and the Women's League Cup in 2022, scoring a brace in the final.

With England, she has competed at three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: in the 2011, 2015 and 2019, reaching the semi-finals in 2015 and 2019 and finishing third in 2015. White earned the Bronze Boot award at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She represented Great Britain team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[6][7]

White has been named England's International Player of the Year three times, in 2011, 2018 and 2021.

  1. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Great Britain" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 July 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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  3. ^ "Women's World Cup 2019: Mapping England's Lionesses squad". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015: List of players: England" (PDF). FIFAdata.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 July 2015. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ellen White: How England's record scorer will be remembered". BBC Sport. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Ellen White". TheFA.com. The Football Association.
  7. ^ a b "Ellen White". BCFC.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.