Defender | #33
Hayden White | #33
Position: D
Height: 6’2
Weight: 190
DOB: 4/15/95
Hometown: Greenwich, England
Acquired: 8/29/24
Previous club: Ebbsfleet United (National League)
Scored his first Indy Eleven goal in the final minute of added extra time off an assist from Cam Lindley to give the Boys in Blue a dramatic 1-0 U.S. Open Cup Third Round victory over Miami FC on 4/16. In his first full season for Indy Eleven, White played 732 minutes in 17 matches with eight starts, five chances created, six fouls won, eight tackles won, five interceptions, three blocks, and 248 passes.
Started five consecutive matches in a four-week span after joining Indy Eleven on Aug. 29, playing the full 90 in three straight. Recorded season highs in tackles (5) and interceptions (2) in his debut vs. Pittsburgh on Aug. 31. Played 484 minutes in seven matches, starting six in his first season playing in the US. Third among team returnees in passing accuracy in own half (89.9%).
White joined the Boys in Blue with more than a decade of professional experience in England. In 2024, he saw more than 1,400 minutes of action in 19 matches with National League-side Ebbsfleet United.
Before arriving at Ebbsfleet, he played seven seasons in the English Football League’s League Two. White spent three seasons with Walsall where he played in 106 matches, making 100 starts, and logging more than 8,800 minutes. He scored a pair of goals and added five assists. Prior to that, White suited up for 75 matches, including 70 starts, and played 6,000+ minutes for Mansfield Town where he registered two goals and six assists.
White spent five additional seasons between League One and Two from 2014-17, playing for League One sides Notts County, Blackpool and Peterborough United and League Two’s Carlisle United and Bury. He spent the first two seasons of his professional career with the Bolton Wanderers where he saw action in England’s Championship League as well as Premier League 2 with the U23 squad.
White has also played in 30 matches across Domestic Cups, totaling more than 2,500 minutes.
White lived in Jamaica for two years.
