Ben White (footballer)
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White with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Benjamin William White | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Poole, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2014 | Southampton | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 36 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Newport County (loan) | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Leeds United (loan) | 46 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Arsenal | 131 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | England | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:49, 25 January 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Benjamin William White (born 8 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal. White is a versatile defender whose early career appearances were primarily at centre-back, but more recently for Arsenal he has often played at right-back.
White began his senior club career at age 18 in 2016 with Brighton & Hove Albion. He spent time with Newport County, Peterborough United, and Leeds United on successive 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 transfer fee in 2021 when he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth up to £50 million, becoming the club's most expensive defender.
White made his senior international debut for England in 2021, and won four caps. He was selected as part of the England squads for UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.