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 31 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.