Paul Stokes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Stokes | ||
| Date of birth | April 30, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1993 | Neilstown Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1994 | Waterford United | 13 | (7) |
| 1994–1995 | Newry Town | 22 | (9) |
| 1995–1997 | Cliftonville | 35 | (15) |
| 1997–1998 | Shamrock Rovers | 17 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Coleraine | 39 | (10) |
| Total | 126 | (44) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Paul Stokes (born 30 April 1972 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer.
A striker he made a League of Ireland scoring debut for Waterford United at Bray Wanderers on the 31st of October 1993. In total he scored 7 goals in 13 appearances for the Blues before moving to Newry Town.
Paul was then transferred to Cliftonville F.C. for £10,000 where he really made his mark in two good seasons at Solitude, their leading scorer in 1996/97 with 18 goals which included a County Antrim Shield win.
He scored Cliftonville's first ever goal at home in European competition in a UEFA Intertoto Cup game in July 1996.[1]
Stokes joined Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 1997 on a Bosman [2] where in his one season he scored 3 league goals in 17 appearances. Overall he scored 5 times in 22 total appearances for the Hoops including one appearance in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
He joined Coleraine after his spell at Rovers.[3]
Honours
- FAI Super Cup
- Shamrock Rovers 1998
- County Antrim Shield
- Cliftonville F.C. 1997
- Irish League Floodlit Cup
- Cliftonville F.C. 1995/96
- Player of the Year
- Cliftonville F.C. 1996/97
- FAI Junior Cup
- Neilstown Rangers 1992