Ben White

Also known as Benjamin William White, Benjamin White

English association football player

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Ben White, born Benjamin William White on 8 October 1997 in Poole, is an English association football player who plays as a centre-back. He has played for Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Newport County A.F.C., Peterborough United F.C., and Leeds United F.C., beginning his career in 2016. He wears squad number 4.

White has represented England for sport and participated in UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He speaks English.

Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ben White is referenced by 172 other articles, and connects out to defender, London and England.

It is catalogued under topics including 1997 births, 2022 FIFA World Cup players and 21st-century English sportsmen.

Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

2021: Arsenal
Full name: Benjamin William White
Date of birth: ( 1997-10-08 ) 8 October 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth: Poole , England
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Position: Defender
Current team: Arsenal
2006 2014: Southampton
2014 2016: Brighton & Hove Albion
Years: Team
2016 2021: Brighton & Hove Albion
2017 2018: → Newport County (loan)
2018 2019: → Peterborough United (loan)
2019 2020: → Leeds United (loan)

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Team: Preston
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: England

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ben
Family name: White
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Poole
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 2022 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: England men's national association football team
Position played: centre-back
Country for sport: England
Image: Ben White 2018.jpg
Height: 186

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date of birth: 1997-10-08
start of work period: 2016-00-00
birth name: Benjamin William White
name in native language: Ben White
Commons category: Ben White (association football player born 1997)
sport number: 4

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:10, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Benjamin William White (born 8 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ben White” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.