Ellen White

Her first goal was a game-opener in the 40th minute of a 2–1 loss to Birmingham City.

Arsenal finished first in the league with a record.

White's six goals ranked fourth highest in the league and second highest on the team.

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

She is the record goalscorer for the England women's national team.

White left Arsenal aged 16 to join London rivals Chelsea in 2005.

White was top scorer for Chelsea for three seasons.

White left Chelsea to join Leeds Carnegie in June 2008.

Within months of signing for Leeds, she suffered a cruciate ligament injury that kept her out of the game for a lengthy spell.

At the end of the 2008 season, she scored five goals in four matches.

During the 2009–10 season, her five goals in seven appearances ranked second on the team.

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.

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

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

During her time at Arsenal with manager Laura Harvey, they won three league titles and two FA Cups.

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.

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

Born and raised in Aylesbury, White attended The Grange School, Aylesbury before attending Waddesdon Church of England School for sixth form.

Because the school did not have a girls' football team, she played with the boys.

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

She then played football for Aylesbury Town before being spotted by Arsenal scouts at the age of eight.

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.

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

During the 2011 season, she scored six goals in thirteen appearances for the club.

The same year, she helped the club win the 2011 FA WSL Cup and 2010–11 FA Women's Cup.

She represented Great Britain team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

During the 2012 season, White scored three goals in ten appearances.

On 23 September, she scored a brace against Liverpool lifting the team to a 4–0 win.

Her final goal of the season during a 1–1 draw against Birmingham City on 7 October ensured that Arsenal finished the season undefeated and in first place with a record.

White scored 2 goals in 14 appearances during the 2013 season.

Arsenal finished in first place for the third consecutive season of the new league.

White left Arsenal at the end of the 2013 season, joining Notts County on a three-year deal ahead of the 2014 season.

In April, White suffered an ACL injury and was out for the entire WSL season.

White earned the WSL's Golden Boot Award for most goals scored during the 2017–18 season.

With Birmingham City, she was the league's top scorer in 2018.

White earned the Bronze Boot award at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

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.