The Arsenal defender prodded home a corner just 11 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute on Friday night at Wembley Stadium, but received widespread jeers when his name was read out as the scorer.
White is back in the fold for the first time since he left the 2022 World Cup squad for "personal reasons" and then made himself unavailable for the rest of Gareth Southgate's reign amid reports of a fall-out with assistant coach Steve Holland.
Current boss Thomas Tuchel urged fans not to give him a negative reaction when he spoke before the match.
However, that fell on deaf ears as the home support made their feelings known when White replaced Fikayo Tomori in the 69th minute.
It looked like the moment had passed as he was not jeered in possession, but England fans were ruthless as he bagged his first international goal.
In Basel, Germany's Florian Wirtz scored two goals, including an 86th-minute winner, and set up two more as his team came twice from a goal down to beat hosts Switzerland 4-3.
The 22-year-old Liverpool midfielder put the visitors 3-2 up just past the hour with a stunning 18-metre curled effort and bagged the winner with another spectacular strike from the edge of the box.
The Netherlands fought back to edge Norway 2-1, with Tijjani Reijnders delivering the winner at the Amsterdam Arena.
The visitors, playing without Premier League stars Erling Haaland or Martin Odegaard, held off early pressure to open the scoring in the 24th minute.
Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk levelled 10 minutes before the break and Reijnders's winner came in the 51st minute to stretch the Netherlands' unbeaten run to 13.
And in Spain, striker Mikel Oyarzabal got two superb first-half goals and substitute Victor Munoz scored on his senior international debut as the hosts cruised to a 3-0 win over Serbia.
With Reuters.
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