Anthony Stokes

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Anthony Stokes
Stokes with Tractor in 2018
Personal information
Full name Anthony Christopher Stokes[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 35)[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)
2015–2016Hibernian (loan) 16 (5)
2016–2017 Blackburn Rovers 8 (1)
2017–2018 Hibernian 18 (7)
2018–2019 Apollon Smyrni 6 (0)
2019–2020 Tractor 25 (12)
2020–2021 Adana Demirspor 9 (1)
2021–2022 Persepolis 3 (0)
2022–2023 Livingston 0 (0)
Total 326 (123)
National team
2006–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 10 (4)
2008 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
2007–2014 Republic of Ireland 9 (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)

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[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Sunderland

Celtic

Hibernian

Individual[change | change source]

Notes[change | change source]

  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[change | change source]

  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.