Demi Stokes
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Demi Lee Courtney Stokes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | South Shields, England | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | defender(association football) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Manchester City | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Sunderland | ||
| 2011–2015 | South Florida Bulls | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2011 | Sunderland | ||
| 2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | (0) |
| 2015– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | England | 11 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Demi Lee Courtney Stokes (born 12 December 1991) is an English footballer who plays for Manchester City. She previously played for Sunderland in the English FA Women's Premier League. Stokes made her debut for the senior England women's national football team in January 2014.
Club career
Stokes joined Sunderland's youth academy as an 8-year-old and began playing in the first team at 16. She was part of the team which won the 2008–09 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division and lost the 2009 FA Women's Cup final 2–1 to Arsenal. She accepted a four-year scholarship to University of South Florida in 2011.[2]
In 2012 Stokes played 13 games for Vancouver Whitecaps in the pro–am North American W-League.[3]
In 2015 Stokes signed a professional contract with Manchester City.[4]
International career
England
In July 2009 Stokes featured as England under-19 won the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, with a 2–0 final win over Sweden. In 2010 she helped England reach the final of the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Macedonia, where they lost their title to France. Later that summer Stokes started two of England's three games at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.[2]
Newly appointed England coach Mark Sampson included Stokes in a 30-player squad for the annual training camp in La Manga, which included a match against Norway on 17 January 2014.[5] She started the 1–1 with Norway at left back, to win her first senior cap.[6]
Great Britain
In July 2013 Stokes captained Great Britain to a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Demi Stokes". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ "2012 Statistics". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30657990
- ↑ "Lianne Sanderson recalled to England training squad". British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "New England women's boss Mark Sampson denied winning start". British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
External links
- Demi Stokes – FIFA competition record
- Demi Stokes profile at the Football Association
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