Seán White (Gaelic footballer)

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|birth_place = Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland

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|province = Munster

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Seán White (born 14 March 1995) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at club level with Clonakilty. He is a former member of the Cork senior football team.

Career

White first came to prominence as a dual player with the Clonakilty club, while simultaneously lining out with Clonakilty Community College in the Corn Uí Mhuirí. At club level he has won several divisional titles at all grades of hurling and Gaelic football, while he also lined out in the 2021 Cork PSFC final defeat by St. Finbarr's.{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40754661.html|title=Sherlock delivers for St Finbarr's in epic climax to deny gallant Clonakilty|publisher=Echo Live|date=28 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|first=|last=}} White first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor football team in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-kerry-minor-report-886876-Apr2013/|title=Munster MFC: Cahalane helps Cork see off Kerry at 2nd attempt|publisher=The 42|date=26 April 2013|access-date=28 November 2021|first=|last=}} He later spent a period with the under-21 team and was at midfield when Cork lost the 2016 All-Ireland under-21 final to Mayo.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/mayo-cork-u21-all-ireland-final-report-2745282-Apr2016/|title=Mayo claim All-Ireland U21 title with clinical 5-goal defeat of Cork|publisher=The 42|date=30 April 2016|access-date=28 November 2021|first=|last=}} White was added to the senior team as a development player in 2014, however, it would be another two years before he made his first competitive appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/search/crawl/news/cuthbert-names-man-cork-panel|title=Cuthbert names 28-man Cork panel|publisher=GAA website|date=25 April 2014|access-date=28 November 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/tipperary-end-72-years-of-pain-with-famous-win-404586.html|title=Tipperary end 72 years of pain with famous win|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 June 2016|accessdate=15 June 2016|first=Eoghan|last=Cormican}} He was later joined on the team by his brother Mark.{{cite web|url=https://www.southernstar.ie/sport/sean-white-our-grandparents-allowed-us-to-transform-the-garage-into-a-gym-4220753|title=Sean White: Our grandparents allowed us to transform the garage into a gym|publisher=The Southern Star|date=5 April 2021|accessdate=15 June 2021|first=Ger|last=McCarthy}} White left the Cork senior football team in January 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.southernstar.ie/sport/cork-football-must-plan-for-new-campaign-without-a-number-of-experienced-west-cork-players-4236939|title=Cork football must plan for new campaign without Ruairi Deane, Sean White, Mark White and Michael Hurley|publisher=The Southern Star|date=24 January 2022|accessdate=29 January 2022|first=Kieran|last=McCarthy}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="2"\|Cork PSFC
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Apps	Score
rowspan="9"\|Clonakilty \|2013	1	0-00
2014	3	0-00
2015	3	0-02
2016	3	0-04
2017	1	0-03
2018	4	1-04
2019	3	0-04
2020	2	0-02
2021	6	1-03
colspan="2"\|Career total !26	2-22

=Inter-county=

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="3"\|National League !colspan="2"\|Munster !colspan="2"\|All-Ireland !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
rowspan="6"\|Cork \|2016 \|rowspan="1"\|Division 1 \|0	0-00	1	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00
2017 \|rowspan="3"\|Division 2 \|0	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00	1	0-00
2018 \|5	1-08	2	0-01	1	0-00	8	1-09
2019 \|3	0-01	1	0-01	4	0-02	8	0-04
2020 \|rowspan="1"\|Division 3 \|5	0-03	2	0-01	colspan=2\|—	7	0-04
2021 \|rowspan="1"\|Division 2 \|4	1-02	0	0-00	colspan=2\|—	4	1-02
colspan="3"\|Total !17	2-14	6	0-03	6	0-02	29	2-19