Club Career
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 team-mates 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.
In the 1996–97 season Faye joined Arsenal Ladies and 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.
In 1997–98, due to White's performances in north London she was named the Premier League Player of the Year. Arsenal won the FA Women's Cup and Premier League Cup.
White has amassed 31 winners' medals at club competition level to date, winning the inaugural FA Women's Super League in 2011, the FA Women's Premier League 10 times (including seven consecutive years from 2003–04 to 2009–10), the FA Women's Cup nine times and the League Cup six times.
Whilst captaining the club the team has completed one "quadruple" (Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup & the UEFA Women's Cup), two "trebles" (all three major domestic competitions) and four "doubles" (League title & FA Cup).
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