Demi Stokes

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Demi Stokes
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Stokes with Manchester City in 2017
Personal information
Full name Demi Lee Courtney Stokes [1]
Date of birth (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth South Shields, England [2] [3]
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.59 m) [4]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2007 Sunderland
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 South Florida Bulls 73 (17)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2011 Sunderland 42 (7)
2012 Vancouver Whitecaps 13 (0)
2015– Manchester City 110 (4)
International career‡
2009–2010 England U19 15 (6)
2010 England U20 3 (0)
2010–2013 England U23 6 (1)
2014– England 69 (1)
2021– Great Britain 3 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:26, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:54, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Demi Lee Courtney Stokes (born 12 December 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Manchester City [5] and the England national team. [6] She previously played for Sunderland in the English FA Women's Premier League.

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Club career

Stokes joined Sunderland's youth academy as an 8-year-old and began playing in the first team at 16. [7] 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. [3] She accepted a four-year scholarship to the University of South Florida in 2011. [8]

In 2012 Stokes played 13 games for Vancouver Whitecaps in the pro-am North American W-League. [9]

In January 2015, Stokes signed a three-year professional contract with Manchester City. [10]

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. [8]

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. [11] She started the 1–1 draw with Norway at left back, to win her first senior cap. [12] In April 2014 she scored in England's 9–0 thrashing of Montenegro at Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove. [13]

Stokes was disappointed to be left out of England's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [14] She was restored to the squad for the subsequent UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying campaign. In the group stage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Stokes played left back in England's match against Japan where she helped England win 2–0. [15] Stokes also played in the quarter-final against Norway, helping England beat Norway 3–0. [16]

In June 2022 Stokes was included in the England squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [17] [18]

Stokes was allotted 183 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international. [19] [20]

Great Britain

In July 2013 Stokes captained Great Britain to a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. [1] On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Stokes had been selected in the Great Britain women's Olympic football team for the 2020 Olympics. [21]

Personal life

Stokes is of Jamaican descent through her father. [22] She went to Gateshead College so she could continue to study whilst still playing football. [23] As a child, she played with Boldon CA girls' team, as did future England teammates Steph Houghton and Jill Scott; [24] as part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, plaques honouring Stokes and Scott were installed at the club in 2022. [25]

Stokes is in a relationship with Katie Harrington. [26] The couple are engaged and had a baby in 2022. [27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023 [28] [29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2007-08 WPLR 8000——80
2008-09WPLR13020——150
2009-10 WPLN 21321——234
2010-11WPLN17720——197
Total591061——6511
Vancouver Whitecaps 2012 USL W-League 130———130
Manchester City 2015 Women's Super League 140305000220
2016Women's Super League162304000232
2017Women's Super League70—0080150
2017-18Women's Super League150404082312
2018-19Women's Super League111402000171
2019-20Women's Super League140203040230
2020-21Women's Super League100201020150
2021-22Women's Super League191504020301
2022-23Women's Super League3010302090
2023-24Women's Super League100010—20
Total11042402702601876
Career total1811430127026026517

    International

    As of match played 12 October 2022 [28]
    Year England Great Britain
    AppsGoalsAppsGoals
    2014121-
    201580-
    201690-
    2017160-
    201840-
    201980-
    202010-
    20216030
    2022100-
    Total74130

    International goals

    Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
    GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.5 April 2014 Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove, EnglandFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 7–09–0 World Cup 2015 qualification

    Honours

    Sunderland

    Manchester City [31]

    England

    Individual

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