Anthony Stokes

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.

Anthony Stokes

Stokes with Persepolis in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Christopher Stokes[1]
Date of birth	(1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 37)[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)
2006–2007	→ Falkirk (loan)	16	(14)
2007–2009	Sunderland	36	(3)
2008–2009	→ Sheffield United (loan)	12	(0)
2009	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	13	(1)
2009–2010	Hibernian	40	(22)
2010–2016	Celtic	135	(58)
2016	→ Hibernian (loan)	14	(5)
2016–2017	Blackburn Rovers	8	(1)
2017–2018	Hibernian	18	(7)
2018	Apollon Smyrni	4	(0)
2018–2019	Tractor	23	(11)
2019	Adana Demirspor	6	(1)
2020	Persepolis	1	(0)
2020	Livingston	0	(0)
Total		326	(123)
International career‡
2006–2010	Republic of Ireland U21	10	(4)
2008	Republic of Ireland B	1	(0)
2007–2014	Republic of Ireland	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:19, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Career statistics

Stokes celebrating a goal with Tractor in 2018

Club

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

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

Club

Sunderland

• Football League Championship: 2006–07

Celtic

• Scottish Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13
• Scottish League Cup: 2014–15

Hibernian

• Scottish Cup: 2015–16^[8]

Individual

• Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: October 2006, November 2006, December 2009
• Clydesdale Bank Premier League Goal of the Season: 2009–10^[9] against Rangers

Notes

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