Demi Stokes

Demi Stokes
Personal information
Full name Demi Lee Courtney Stokes[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991
Place of birth South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
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 14 (0)
National team‡
2014– England 11 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 5, 2015

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 three-year 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 draw with Norway at left back, to win her first senior cap.[6] In April 2014 she scored in England's 9–0 thrashing of Montenegro at Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove.[7]

Stokes was disappointed to be left out of England's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8] She was restored to the squad for the subsequent UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying campaign.

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 April 2014 Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England  Montenegro 7–0 9–0 World Cup 2015 qualification

Great Britain

In July 2013 Stokes captained Great Britain to a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Demi Stokes". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "2012 Statistics". United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Demi Stokes joins Manchester City Women on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lianne Sanderson recalled to England training squad". British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "New England women's boss Mark Sampson denied winning start". British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Magowan, Alistair (5 April 2014). "Toni Duggan hits hat-trick as England thrash Montenegro 9-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Brookes, Christian (19 January 2016). "Demi Stokes interview: Lionesses defender’s breakout beats with the Bulls". Beats & Rhymes FC. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

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