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 34)
Place of birth Dudley, England[2][3]
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.59 m)[4]
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 3
Youth career
–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)
2015–2024 Manchester City 113 (4)
2024– Newcastle United 38 (2)
International career‡
2009–2010 England U19 15 (6)
2010 England U20 3 (0)
2010–2013 England U23 6 (1)
2014–2022 England 69 (1)
2021– Great Britain 3 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing File:Flag of England.svg England
UEFA Women's Championship
Winner 2022 England
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Women's Championship club Newcastle United.[5] She previously played for Manchester City in the Women's Super League.

Club career

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Stokes joined Sunderland's youth academy as an 8-year-old and began playing in the first team at 16.[6] 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.[7]

In 2012 Stokes played 13 games for Vancouver Whitecaps in the pro-am North American W-League.[8]

In January 2015, Stokes signed a three-year professional contract with Manchester City.[9] After 9 years at the club, it was announced that Stokes would leave Manchester City at the end of her contract on 18 May 2024.[10]

On 10 July 2024, Stokes joined Women's Championship club Newcastle United.[11] Following the departure of Amber Keegan-Stobbs, Stokes was named as Newcastle's captain ahead of the 2025-26 season.[12]

International career

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England

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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.[7]

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.[13] She started the 1–1 draw with Norway at left back, to win her first senior cap.[14] In April 2014 she scored in England's 9–0 thrashing of Montenegro at Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove.[15]

Stokes was disappointed to be left out of England's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[16] 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.[17] Stokes also played in the quarter-final against Norway, helping England beat Norway 3–0.[18]

In June 2022 Stokes was included in the England squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[19][20]

Stokes was allotted 183 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.[21][22]

Great Britain

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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.[23]

Personal life

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Stokes is of Jamaican descent through her father.[24] She went to Gateshead College so she could continue to study whilst still playing football.[25] As a child, she played with Boldon CA girls' team, as did future England teammates Steph Houghton and Jill Scott;[26] as part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, plaques honouring Stokes and Scott were installed at the club in 2022.[27]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 18 May 2024[28][29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 2007-08 WPLR 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2008-09 WPLR 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
2009-10 WPLN 21 3 2 1 — — 23 4
2010-11 WPLN 17 7 2 0 — — 19 7
Total 59 10 6 1 — — 65 11
Vancouver Whitecaps 2012 USL W-League 13 0 — — — 13 0
Manchester City 2015 Women's Super League 14 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 22 0
2016 Women's Super League 16 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 23 2
2017 Women's Super League 7 0 — 0 0 8 0 15 0
2017-18 Women's Super League 15 0 4 0 4 0 8 2 31 2
2018-19 Women's Super League 11 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 17 1
2019-20 Women's Super League 14 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 23 0
2020-21 Women's Super League 10 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
2021-22 Women's Super League 19 1 5 0 4 0 2 0 30 1
2022-23 Women's Super League 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 9 0
2023-24 Women's Super League 4 0 0 0 1 0 — 5 0
Total 113 4 24 0 27 0 26 0 190 6
Career total 184 14 30 1 27 0 26 0 268 17

International

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As of match played 12 October 2022[28]
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
2022 10 0 -
Total 74 1 3 0

International goals

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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 File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 7–0 9–0 World Cup 2015 qualification

Honours

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Sunderland

Manchester City[31]

England

See also: Collective honours for the England women's national football team

Individual

See also

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Further reading

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  • Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • Demi Stokes profile[dead link] at Manchester City FC
  • Demi Stokes profile at the Football Association
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