Anthony Stokes

Anthony Christopher Stokes (born 25 July 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He was also an Irish international, having played for the under-21, team B and Republic of Ireland national football team.

Anthony Stokes
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Stokes with Persepolis in 2020
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Christopher Stokes[1]
Date of birth25 July 1988
     (aged 38)
[2]
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
2002–2003Shelbourne
2003–2005Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007Arsenal0(0)
2006–2007→ Falkirk (loan)16(14)
2007–2009Sunderland36(3)
2008–2009→ Sheffield United (loan)12(0)
2009→ Crystal Palace (loan)13(1)
2009–2010Hibernian40(22)
2010–2016Celtic135(58)
2016→ Hibernian (loan)14(5)
2016–2017Blackburn Rovers8(1)
2017–2018Hibernian18(7)
2018Apollon Smyrni4(0)
2018–2019Tractor23(11)
2019Adana Demirspor6(1)
2020Persepolis1(0)
2020Livingston0(0)
Total326(123)
National team‡
2006–2010Republic of Ireland U2110(4)
2008Republic of Ireland B1(0)
2007–2014Republic of Ireland9(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:19, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Career statistics

Stokes celebrating a goal with Tractor in 2018

Club

Sunderland

Celtic

Hibernian

International

As of 20 November 2014[5]
Republic of Ireland
Year Apps Goals
2007 3 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 0 0
2011 1 0
2012 0 0
2013 4 0
2014 1 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Individual

Anthony Stokes Media

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Christopher StokesTurkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Anthony Stokes. Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. ↑ Anthony Stokes: OverviewPremier League. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ↑ Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2–3 Hibernian. BBC Sport (21 May 2016). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Stokes, Anthony at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Dundee Utd striker Goodwillie nets young player award". BBC Sport. 20 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8631202.stm.