Chris Stokes (footballer)
 Chris Stokes playing for Forest Green Rovers during the 2012/13 season. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Martin Thomas Stokes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Trowbridge, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-Back/centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Forest Green Rovers | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2009 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2010 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Forest Green Rovers | 110 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013– | England C | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29, 2 November 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Christopher Martin Thomas (Chris) Stokes (born 8 March 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Forest Green Rovers in the Conference National.
Career
Stokes is an English left-back who has been capped by England at Under 17's level.[3] He has played for Southampton and Bristol City youth teams before joining Bolton Wanderers at the age of 14 for an undisclosed fee.
Bolton Wanderers
He has captained the Wanderers at youth level during their successful run to the Youth Cup quarter finals in the 2008–09 season, scoring a penalty against Liverpool at Anfield and was a regular in Bolton's reserve team.[4]
Crew Alexandra(Loan)
[5] On 12 March 2010, he signed for Crewe Alexandra on a one-month loan deal,[6] making his debut two days later in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United and played 90 minutes.[7]
On 11 May 2010, Stokes was released by Bolton Wanderers following the expiry of his contract.[8] On 21 July 2010, Stokes opted to quit his trial period at Crewe to take up a similar opportunity at Walsall, however was not offered a contract by Saddlers manager Chris Hutchings
Forest Green Rovers
On 11 November 2010 Stokes signed permanently for Forest Green.[9] This was despite the fact all was prepared for Stokes to move to Cyprus to turn out for AEL Limassol.
It took until 19 February 2011 for Stokes to make his Forest Green debut in a 1–1 home draw against Darlington.[10] After impressing in his first few months at Forest Green, Stokes was offered a new contract for the 2011–12 season.[11]
On 24 August 2011 it was announced that Stokes had been included in the England C Squad to face the India national under-23 football team side on 6 September.[12]
Despite scoring his first goal for the club in a pre season friendly with Hellenic Premier Division side Slimbridge in August 2011, Stokes scored his first league goal for Forest Green in a 3–0 win over Bath City on 29 August 2011.[13]
In January 2012, Stokes signed an extension to his contract at Forest Green which would keep him at The New Lawn until the end of the 2013–14 season.[14] On 21 April 2012 it was announced at the final home game of the 2011–2012 season that Chris has been voted Supporters player of the season by the Forest Green Rovers fans. [15] On 6 December 2012, Stokes signed a further extension to his contract at Forest Green, keeping him at the club until June 2015.[16] At the end of the 2012–13 season Stokes earned a call up to the England C squad for a forthcoming international with Bermuda.[17]
He made his hundredth Conference league appearance for Forest Green on 26 August 2013 in an away win over Chester.[18]
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011 (41st ed.). London: Headline. ISBN 9-780755-361076.
- ↑ "Ice cool Donaldson". TheFA.com. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ "Wanderers' FA Youth Cup adventure".
- ↑ "Stokes Joins Crewe". bwfc.co.uk. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ "Crewe agree loan deal for Bolton defender Chris Stokes". BBC Sport. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ "Torquay 1–1 Crewe". crewealex.net. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- ↑ "Trio Sign Extended Deals". www.bwfc.co.uk. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
- ↑ "Ex-Bolton defender Chris Stokes joins Forest Green". BBC Sport. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Darlington". BBC Sport. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ "Forest Green Rovers offer 11 players new deals". BBC Sport. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ "England call for Forest Green Six". 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 3–0 Bath City". BBC Sport. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Four players secure deals at Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Popular defender is aiming high". stroud news& journal. 25 April 2012/.
- ↑ "Forest Green Rovers hand new contracts to five players". BBC Sport. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "England C squad announced". Football Conference. 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Chester 1-2 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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