Answer the following question: Facts: - clubs: neilstown rangers newry town cliftonville shamrock rovers coleraine - caps: 13 22 35 17 39 - position: striker -lrb- retired -rrb- - years: -- -- 1998 1998 -- 2000 1993 1994 -- 1995 1995 -- 1997 1997 - height: 1.80 m ftin 0 on - totalcaps: 126 - youthclubs: neilstown rangers - youthyears: -- 1993 - birth date: 30 april 1972 - fullname: paul stokes - name: paul stokes - totalgoals: 44 - birth place: dublin , republic of ireland - goals: 7 9 15 3 10 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paul stokes .
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paul stokes -lrb- born 30 april 1972 in dublin -rrb- 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 bosman where 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 .