Faye White
Faye White at the Emirates Stadium, London, August 2006
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Faye Deborah White | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Horley,England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Horsham Ladies | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2013 | Arsenal Ladies | 300 | (22) |
| 2007 | Ottawa Fury (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2012 | England | 90 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:39, 7 March 2011 (GMT). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 July 2011 |
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Faye Deborah White, MBE (born 2 February 1978) is a former English footballer who captained Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Super League and was the longest serving captain of England to date, overtaking the 26-year-old record previously held by Carol Thomas. One of the most recognised and respected players in the women’s game, Faye was a commanding presence at the heart of the Arsenal and England teams from the late 1990s until her retirement in 2013. Faye was recognised for services to Sport in the Queen's New Year's Honours List 2007, being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) In recognition of her achievements she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
Her football journey began when, aged ten, she joined in the training sessions of her brother’s team Horley Town. After three years of playing with her brother and his teammates Faye decided to go to an all-girls coaching session and it was here that her path to the Arsenal Ladies team began, as she met Jim Muir, the coach of a local girls’ side Horsham Ladies. Faye very quickly worked her way into the reserves and became a first-team player aged just 14. It was while at Horsham, still aged just 16, that White became the first female player outside of the top flight to be called up for the national team by Ted Copeland
In the 1996–97 season Faye signed for Vic Akers and Arsenal Ladies, it didn’t take her long to make another big impact, earning her first international cap vs Scotland. White broke into the first team, cementing a position at the heart of Arsenal's central defence. She collected her first trophy that year, the FA Women's Premier League.
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