Ellen White (footballer)

Ellen Toni Convery MBE (née White; born 9 May 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

[9] Her father, Jon, ran a soccer academy called 'Mini Ducks' in Aylesbury, where she played football as a child.

[10] Aged nine, she appeared on the front page of The Bucks Herald, in a report on how she had been banned from playing in a football league with boys.

[11] As part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, a plaque honouring White was installed in Aylesbury town centre in 2022.

[16] In February 2010, she scored twice as Leeds beat Everton in the final of the FA Women's Premier League Cup.

[17] In July 2010, White returned to Arsenal after five years away, following the break up of the Leeds squad due to a funding crisis.

[20] During the semi-final of the 2010–11 FA Women's Cup, she scored a hat-trick lifting Arsenal to a 5–0 win over Barnet and berth to the final where they defeated Bristol Academy 2–0.

[33] Despite being offered a new contract by Notts County, White made the move to the West Midlands, which seemed even more prudent after the latter were disbanded.

White scored the winning penalty against Chelsea to take Birmingham to the 2017 FA Women's Cup Final where they were defeated 4–1 by Manchester City.

[20] She scored a game-winning brace against Bristol City on 28 March and a hat-trick against Arsenal on 29 April securing the club's 3–0 win.

[48] Earlier in the month she had not returned to training with the other Lionesses in the Manchester City squad after the Euro break, citing "personal reasons" at the time.

[50] After being selected in England's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, White scored in a 2–0 group stage win over Japan, who ultimately won the trophy.

[54] Just months after returning from an anterior cruciate ligament injury, White was called up for pre-World Cup friendlies in April 2015.

[70] In the semi-final match against the United States, White scored the equaliser before having a second goal disallowed by video assistant referee (VAR).

[74] White ended the tournament as joint top goalscorer with six goals, with that, she became England women's all-time top World Cup goalscorer and was awarded the Bronze Boot—as she recorded fewer assists than Silver and Golden Boot winners Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe respectively.

[75] On her return to the national team following a three month long injury, White scored in a 2–1 defeat to Germany at Wembley Stadium.

[78] The following game, White became England's all time record goals scorer, scoring a hat-trick in a 20–0 defeat of Latvia.

England manager Sarina Wiegman paid tribute to White after the announcement, saying that "the game will miss her greatly.

"[48] Following her retirement after the Euros victory, White was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to association football.

[87][88] White was allotted 174 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England's inaugural international.

[92] After being selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, White scored twice as Team GB played a warm up match against New Zealand.

[95] White comes from a family of West Ham United supporters who, alongside her husband, regularly attended her matches.

White, representing Arsenal in 2017, warming up prior to a match.
White (left) for Notts County in 2015.
White with Birmingham City in 2017
White (right) playing for England against Montenegro in April 2014.
White (right) playing against Scotland at the 2017 Women's Euros .
White with the 2011 FA WSL trophy