english association football player
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Benjamin William White ( born 8 October 1997 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team.

White began his elder club career at age 18 in 2016 with Brighton & Hove Albion ; he joined Newport County, Peterborough United, and Leeds United on consecutive loans between 2016 and 2019. He subsequently played in the four professional English leagues, and won the championship with Leeds. After a season with Brighton, White was the subject of a club record association football transfer when he signed for Arsenal in 2021 in a transfer worth up to £50 million, becoming their most expensive defender. White made his senior international debut for England in 2021 at the long time of 23, and was selected as region of the 26-man team for UEFA Euro 2020 .

Club career [edit ]

Brighton & Hove Albion [edit ]

Born in Poole, Dorset, [ 5 ] White started his youth career at Premier League club Southampton before being released at the long time of 16. He was signed by Brighton & Hove Albion where he initially joined their academy. [ 6 ] For the first league match of the 2016–17 season on 6 August 2016, White was an idle substitute in a 0–0 pull back away to Derby County. [ 7 ] White made his professional football debut three days late on 9 August, playing the entire game of the first round EFL Cup pit in a 4–0 home victory over Colchester United. [ 8 ] White continued to be an idle substitute in the following three league games against Nottingham Forest, [ 9 ] Rotherham United [ 10 ] and Reading. [ 11 ] His irregular beginning for Brighton came in the future round of the EFL Cup again playing the whole equal away against Oxford United on 23 August, where Brighton won 4–2. [ 12 ] White was once again an idle substitute on 18 March 2017, this time against Leeds United. [ 13 ] White besides appeared 3 times during the EFL Trophy before Brighton U21s were eliminated in circle three by Coventry City. [ citation needed ] After being linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur after initially rejecting a new contract offer at Brighton, [ 14 ] White did sign a new long-run condense extension at Brighton in April 2018. [ 6 ] At the startle of the 2018–19 season, then-Brighton director Chris Hughton stated that White would be the club ‘s fourth-choice centre-back behind Lewis Dunk, Shane Duffy and Leon Balogun. [ 15 ] White however was a unconstipated for Brighton U23s. On 26 November 2018, he set up three goals in the Premier League 2 Division 1 to help Brighton U23s to come from 2–0 down to win 3–2 against Swansea City U23s. [ 16 ] White made the bench for the Premier League for the first gear time on 8 December 2018, where Brighton lost 1–0 away to Burnley. White remained an fresh substitute. [ 17 ] Following months of guess regarding his future, including Brighton rejecting three permanent bids for White from Leeds, [ 18 ] White signed a new four-year abridge with Brighton on 1 September 2020. [ 19 ] On the open day of the 2020–21 season, White made his league debut for Brighton, in what was besides his Premier League debut, in a 3–1 home passing against Chelsea where he went murder injured. [ 20 ] He helped Brighton keep a clean tabloid in their future league couple, a 3–0 away win at Newcastle on 20 September. [ 21 ] White played in Brighton ‘s FA Cup third gear round penalty shoot-out victory over his erstwhile club Newport on 10 January 2021. [ 22 ] White played in Brighton ‘s 1–0 away victory over defending champions Liverpool on 3 February claiming their first league win at Anfield since 1982. [ 23 ] On 20 April, after a potent performance, White was sent off after a second bookable offense in the 90+2-minute, in a bet on where he helped Brighton earn their first ever target at Chelsea in a 0–0 draw. [ 24 ] He played in Brighton ‘s 3–2 dwelling victory over champions Manchester City after coming back from 2–0 down on 18 May, with fans returning to football. This was their first league victory against City since 1989. [ 25 ] After a hard season breaking into the first team White picked up the Player Of The Season award on 6 June, on the lapp day as his first gear England start. [ 26 ]

loan to Newport County [edit ]

On 1 August 2017, White signed for League Two club Newport County on lend until the end of the 2017–18 season in what was described by coach Michael Flynn as a “ big coup d’etat for the club. ” [ 27 ] White made his debut for Newport on 8 August 2017 in a 2–0 victory over Southend United in the first round off of the EFL Cup. [ 28 ] He made his Football League debut on 12 August 2017 in a 1–1 disembowel versus Crewe Alexandra. White scored his first Football League goal on 21 November 2017 for Newport against Barnet in a 2–1 home frustration. [ 29 ] On 7 January 2018, White started for Newport in a 2–1 home succeed over Championship cabaret Leeds United in the FA Cup third polish, which meant Newport progressed to the FA Cup fourth beat for the first clock time since the 1978–79 FA Cup. [ 30 ] In the following round, Newport were drawn at home to Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur. On 27 January 2018, White started the match as Newport drew 1–1 to force a replay at Tottenham ‘s impermanent home ground Wembley Stadium, with White praised for his performance against Harry Kane. [ 31 ] [ 6 ] On 15 March 2018, White won the South Wales Argus Player of the Year Award for Newport for the 2017–18 season. At the awards ceremony, coach Michael Flynn described White as “ the best loanword signing the club has ever made. ” [ 32 ]

loanword to Peterborough United [edit ]

On 3 January 2019, White signed for League One club Peterborough United on loan until the end of the season. [ 33 ] He made his debut for Peterborough on 5 January 2019 in a 5–0 away loss to Middlesbrough in the third round of the FA Cup. [ 34 ] White ‘s first match at the London Road Stadium was besides his first League One appearance where he came on in the 88th minute to replace Joe Ward in a 2–1 victory over Rochdale on 12 January. [ 35 ] White scored his beginning goal for Peterborough – and first in League One – scoring the second finish in a 2–0 home succeed over Southend United on 23 March 2019. [ 36 ] White played in the final game of the temper where Peterborough won 3–1 at home to Burton Albion. however, with Doncaster Rovers winning their match, The Posh just missed out on a play-off spot. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] White finished his lend spell making 16 appearances in all competitions, scoring once .

loanword to Leeds United

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On 1 July 2019, White signed for Championship cabaret Leeds United on lend until the conclusion of the season. On the like day, White signed a new annual sign extension at Brighton. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] He was given the number 5 shirt ahead of the 2019–20 temper, [ 42 ] and made his debut on 4 August in Leeds ‘ open day 3–1 victory against Bristol City. [ 43 ] On 4 September 2019, after impressive performances during the month of August, White won the Championship PFA Player of the Month prize for August 2019. [ 44 ] In November 2019, it was reported that White was being scouted by Premier League golf club Liverpool, [ 45 ] with Brighton head bus Graham Potter advising that White would n’t be recalled from Leeds and that his future would be at Brighton at the end of his loanword spell. [ 46 ] On 23 December 2019, after continuing his human body, White won the Championship Best Young Player award, as voted by Sky Sports readers. [ 47 ] White was watched by England coach Gareth Southgate in January 2020, with Southgate besides scouting White ‘s team-mate Kalvin Phillips. [ 48 ] White played in all 46 league games ( and all 49 overall ) as Leeds were promoted to the Premier League as league champions. [ 49 ] He scored his alone goal for Leeds in the death game of his loanword while in a 4–0 victory against Charlton Athletic, [ 50 ] which was ultimately vote Goal of the Month for July 2020. [ 51 ] Following the stopping point of his lend, White won the Leeds Young Player of the season award [ 52 ] and the Yorkshire Evening Post award for Player of the season for 2019–20. [ 53 ] On 8 September 2020, White was named in the PFA Team of the year for the 2019–20 Championship. [ 54 ]

arsenal [edit ]

On 30 July 2021, White signed for Premier League baseball club Arsenal for £50 million. [ 55 ] He made his debut on 13 August, in the opening game of the 2021–22 Premier League temper, starting and playing the whole of the 2–0 defeat at Premier League newcomers Brentford. [ 56 ] White missed Arsenal ‘s future pit on 22 August, a dwelling repair against London rivals Chelsea, ascribable to a positive COVID-19 test. [ 57 ] He finally made his home plate debut at the Emirates Stadium after returning on 11 September, helping keep a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory over Norwich City for the club ‘s first gear league winnings of the temper. [ 58 ] White played in his inaugural North London bowler hat against Tottenham Hotspur on 26 September, he played the wholly equal where The Gunners took all three points in the 3–1 home victory. [ 59 ] On 2 October, White made his first retort to Falmer Stadium since leaving Brighton where he started and played the full match for The Gunners in the 0–0 pull with his former club. [ 60 ]

International career [edit ]

On 25 May 2021, White was named in England ‘s probationary 33-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020, with the tournament taking place in the summer of 2021 due to the previous year ‘s postponement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 61 ] This was White ‘s first ever call-up to the national team at any level. [ 62 ] He was one of seven players cut from the police squad on 1 June, [ 63 ] although the players who were cut remained in the squad for the two warm up games against Austria and Romania. White made his England introduction coming on as a substitute, replacing Jack Grealish in the 1–0 victory over Austria at the Riverside Stadium on 2 June. He cleared a shooting from Alessandro Schöpf off the course, preventing a late equalizer. [ 64 ] He became the fifth Brighton player to play for England, and the irregular in precisely under three years after Albion team mate and captain Lewis Dunk was capped in November 2018. [ 65 ] He made his first start in the moment and final warmly up match on 6 June, playing the whole equal in the 1–0 victory over Romania, again played at the Riverside Stadium. [ 66 ] On 7 June, White was named in the 26-man police squad for Euro 2020 as a refilling for the injure Trent Alexander-Arnold. [ 67 ] White remained fresh in the tournament where England finished as runner-up in the Championships. however, Southgate praised the players who made no appearances saying, “ they are the ones making this team successful. ” [ 68 ] [ 69 ]

stylus of bid [edit ]

White is known as a ball playing centre-back with good technical ability and was besides praised by former director Michael Flynn for his tough tackle vogue, White can besides play as a defensive midfielder or as a right-back. [ 70 ] White describes his own style as a “ cool ” and “ calm ” player. [ 71 ] White is besides known for his surging forward runs with the ball helping create quick counterattacks from abstruse. [ 72 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of match played 2 December 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 6 June 2021[79]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2021
2
0

Total
2
0

Honours [edit ]

Leeds United
England
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Arsenal F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website
  • Ben White – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata

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