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

Demi Stokes

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 30)
Place of birth	Dudley, West Midlands, England[2][3]
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.59 m)[4]
Position(s)	Left back
Club information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2007	Sunderland
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	South Florida Bulls	73	(17)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Sunderland	42	(7)
2012	Vancouver Whitecaps	13	(0)
2015–	Manchester City	101	(4)
National team‡
2009–2010	England U19	15	(6)
2010	England U20	3	(0)
2010–2013	England U23	6	(1)
2014–	England	68	(1)
2021–	Great Britain	3	(0)
Honours Women's football Representing  England UEFA Women's Championship Winner 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:35, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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]

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] 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.[19]

Personal life

Stokes is of Jamaican descent through her father.[20] She went to Gateshead College so she could continue to study whilst still playing football.[21]

Stokes is in a same-sex relationship with Katie Harrington.[22] The couple are engaged and had a baby in 2022. [23]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 November 2021.

Year	England		Great Britain
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2014	12	1	—
2015	8	0	—
2016	9	0	—
2017	16	0	—
2018	4	0	—
2019	8	0	—
2020	1	0	—
2021	6	0	3	0
Total	64	1	3	0

Honours

Manchester City[24]

• FA WSL Cup: 2016, 2018–19, 2021–22
• FA WSL: 2016
• FA Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20

England

• UEFA Women's Championship: 2022[25]
• SheBelieves Cup: 2019[26]
• Arnold Clark Cup: 2022[27]

Individual

• PFA WSL Team of the Year: 2018, 2019[28][29]

See also

• List of England women's international footballers
• List of Manchester City W.F.C. players
• List of Vancouver Whitecaps Women players
• FA WSL records and statistics

References

Further reading

• Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, ISBN 9781473564480
• Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781317966234
• Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, ISBN 9781785315411
• Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, ISBN 9781785311512
• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368

External links

• Demi Stokes profile at Manchester City FC
• Demi Stokes profile at the Football Association
• Demi Stokes – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Demi Stokes – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Demi Stokes at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Demi Stokes

Demi Lee Stokes (* 12. Dezember 1991 in Dudley, Vereinigtes Königreich) ist eine englische Fußballnationalspielerin, die seit 2015 für Manchester City spielt.

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- [en] Demi Stokes

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[es] Demi Stokes

Demi Lee Courtney Stokes (South Shields, Inglaterra; 12 de diciembre de 1991) es una futbolista inglesa que juega como defensora para la selección de Inglaterra y para el Manchester City de la FA Women's Super League de Inglaterra.

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[it] Demi Stokes

Demi Stokes (South Shields, 12 dicembre 1991) è una calciatrice inglese, difensore del Manchester City e della nazionale inglese.

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[ru] Стоукс, Деми

Деми Ли Кортни Стоукс (англ. Demi Lee Courtney Stokes; род. 12 декабря 1991[2], Саут-Шилдс, Тайн-энд-Уир) — английская футболистка, защитник «Манчестер Сити» и национальной сборной Англии.

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