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Biography
Paul Stokes (born 30 April 1972 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer.
A striker he made a League of Ireland scoring debut for Waterford United at Bray Wanderers on the 31st of October 1993. In total he scored 7 goals in 13 appearances for the Blues before moving to Newry Town.
Paul was then transferred to Cliftonville F.C. for £10,000 where he really made his mark in two good seasons at Solitude, their leading scorer in 1996/97 with 18 goals which included a County Antrim Shield win.
He scored Cliftonville's first ever goal at home in European competition in a UEFA Intertoto Cup game in July 1996.
Stokes joined Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 1997 on a Bosmanwhere in his one season he scored 3 league goals in 17 appearances. Overall he scored 5 times in 22 total appearances for the Hoops including one appearance in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
He joined Coleraine after his spell at Rovers.
Honours
- FAI Super Cup
- Shamrock Rovers 1998
- County Antrim Shield
- Cliftonville F.C. 1997
- Irish League Floodlit Cup
- Cliftonville F.C. 1995/96
- Player of the Year
- Cliftonville F.C. 1996/97
- FAI Junior Cup
- Neilstown Rangers 1992
