Anthony Stokes

Anthony Stokes
Stokes with Persepolis in 2020
Personal information
Full name Anthony Christopher Stokes[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988[2]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2002–2003 Shelbourne
2003–2005 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Arsenal 0 (0)
2006–2007Falkirk (loan) 16 (14)
2007–2009 Sunderland 36 (3)
2008–2009Sheffield United (loan) 12 (0)
2009Crystal Palace (loan) 13 (1)
2009–2010 Hibernian 40 (22)
2010–2016 Celtic 135 (58)
2016Hibernian (loan) 14 (5)
2016–2017 Blackburn Rovers 8 (1)
2017–2018 Hibernian 18 (7)
2018 Apollon Smyrni 4 (0)
2018–2019 Tractor 23 (11)
2019 Adana Demirspor 6 (1)
2020 Persepolis 1 (0)
2020 Livingston 0 (0)
Total 326 (123)
International career
2006–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 10 (4)
2008 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
2007–2014 Republic of Ireland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:19, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 February 2020[4][5][6]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal 2005–06 1 0 1 0
2006–07
Total 1 0 1 0
Falkirk (loan) 2006–07 16 14 2 2 18 16
Sunderland 2006–07 14 2 14 2
2007–08 20 1 1 0 21 1
2008–09 2 0 1 2 3 2
Total 36 3 2 2 38 5
Sheffield United (loan) 2008–09 12 0 12 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2008–09 13 1 13 1
Hibernian 2009–10[Note1 1] 37 21 4 1 2 1 43 23
2010–11 3 1 2 0 5 1
Total 40 22 4 1 2 1 2 0 48 24
Celtic 2010–11 29 14 3 0 3 5 35 19
2011–12 34 12 4 4 4 3 5 2 47 21
2012–13 17 5 4 2 1 0 1 0 23 7
2013–14 33 20 2 1 1 0 10 0 46 21
2014–15 21 7 4 1 4 0 9 0 38 8
2015–16 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 135 58 17 8 13 8 26 2 191 76
Hibernian (loan) 2015–16 14 5 6 4 1 0 4 0 25 9
Blackburn Rovers 2016–17 8 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 14 4
Hibernian 2017–18 18 7 3 4 21 11
Apollon Smyrni 2017–18 4 0 4 0
Tractor 2018–19 23 11 1 2 24 13
Adana Demirspor 2019–20 6 1 0 0 6 1
Persepolis 2019–20 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
Livingston 2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 326 123 30 15 26 19 36 3 418 160

International

As of 20 November 2014[7]
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

Club

Sunderland

Celtic

Hibernian

  • Scottish Cup: 2015–16[8]

Individual

  • Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: October 2006, November 2006, December 2009
  • Clydesdale Bank Premier League Goal of the Season: 2009–10[9] against Rangers

Notes

  1. Soccerbase did not record an appearance made by Stokes in the Scottish League Cup against Brechin City on 26 August 2009; Hibernian 3 – 0 Brechin BBC Sport, 26 August 2009

References

  1. "Anthony Christopher Stokes". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Anthony Stokes". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. "Anthony Stokes: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. Anthony Stokes at Soccerbase
  5. "A. Stokes". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. "Iran Cup - Sanat-Naft 3 - 3 Tractor Sazi Tabriz". LiveScore18. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  7. "Stokes, Anthony". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  8. "Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  9. "Dundee Utd striker Goodwillie nets young player award". BBC Sport. 20 April 2010.