List Of International Goals Scored By Ellen White
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Ellen White is an English former professional
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who played for both
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and
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between 2010 and 2022, and scored 58 international goals during that time. For England, White scored 52 goals in 113 international appearances, making her the country's all-time top scorer. She surpassed
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's record of 46 goals by scoring the third goal out of 20 against Latvia in a 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match, which was part of a record win for any senior England team. White made her international debut for England on 25 March 2010 in a 3−0 home win over
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, scoring the third goal in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match. England manager
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, who gave White her debut, was unsurprised that she scored on her debut, referencing her attitude, hard work and her commitment to being one of the best. A regular during her England career, White won the 2022 UEFA Women's Championship, England's first major women's tournament. She scored her first international hat-trick for England on 23 February 2021 in a home friendly against
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, a game which England won 6−0 at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. She scored a second hat-trick for England against Latvia in November 2021, and a single hat-trick for Great Britain against Australia at the
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. White scored her final goal for England in a 8−0 win over
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during the group-stage of the 2022 UEFA Women's Championship. She announced her international retirement on 22 August 2022, following the
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of the 2022 Euros. White played for Great Britain at two Summer Olympic tournaments. She made her Olympic debut in a 1−0 win over
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at the 2012 tournament hosted by the
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. She played all four matches for Great Britain at the tournament before her team was knocked out by
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in a 2−0 defeat during the quarter-final. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held during 2021 in
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, White scored six goals, leaving as the joint-second top goalscorer behind
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striker
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with ten goals. Although she scored a hat-trick, Great Britain left the tournament following a quarter-final defeat against Australia after extra time.


Goals

''Scores and results list her team's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each White goal.''


Hat-tricks


Statistics


See also

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List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps This list summarizes women's association football players with 100 or more international appearances. As of 15 November 2022, a total of 394 women have played 100 or more international matches for their respective nations. The all-time lead ...
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List of top international women's football goal scorers by country This page lists the top all-time goalscorer for each List of women's national association football teams, women's national football team. This list is an List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals, all-time top internation ...
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Lists of hat-tricks These are lists of hat-tricks: Cricket * List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks * List of hat-tricks in the Ranji Trophy * List of Test cricket hat-tricks * List of Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks * List of women's internation ...
* List of international goals scored by Kelly Smith


References

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