Kerstin Casparij
Casparij with Manchester City in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Kerstin Yasmijn Casparij[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-19) 19 August 2000
Place of birth Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Heerenveen 35 (1)
2017–2018 VV Alkmaar 22 (2)
2018–2020 Heerenveen 34 (6)
2020–2022 Twente 42 (4)
2022– Manchester City 24 (0)
International career‡
2015 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2016 Netherlands U16 9 (2)
2016–2017 Netherlands U17 8 (3)
2017–2019 Netherlands U19 28 (9)
2019–2021 Netherlands U23 6 (0)
2021– Netherlands 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:56, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Kerstin Yasmijn Casparij (born 19 August 2000) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team.[2]

Club career

Casparij made her debut for Heerenveen in the Eredivisie at the age of 15. After two years, she moved to VV Alkmaar for a season before returning to Heerenveen for another two seasons.[3] She joined Twente in 2020.[4]

On 26 July 2022, Casparij joined Women's Super League club Manchester City on a three-year deal.[5]

International career

Casparij has played for Netherlands youth teams in several age groups. She made her senior team debut on 22 October 2021 as an 83rd-minute substitute for Daniëlle van de Donk in a 8–0 win against Cyprus.[6]

On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 December 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heerenveen 2015–16 Eredivisie 130??——130
2016–17 Eredivisie 221??——221
Total 351??——351
VV Alkmaar 2017–18 Eredivisie 222?0——222
Heerenveen 2018–19 Eredivisie 235?0——235
2019–20 Eredivisie 111?010—121
Total 34 6 ? ? 1 0 — 35 6
FC Twente 2020–21 Eredivisie 2031052—-265
2021–22 Eredivisie 22 1 2 0 3 0 4 0 31 1
Total 424308240576
Manchester City 2022–23 Women's Super League 17 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 25 0
2023–24 Women's Super League 7 0 0 0 3 0 — 10 0
Total 24 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 38 0
Career total 15713501725018415
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Women's FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Eredivisie Cup, FA WSL Cup

International

As of match played 5 December 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202130
2022150
2023140
Total320

Honours

Twente

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 18. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Kerstin Casparij at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "16-jarige Casparij maakt overstap van Heerenveen naar Alkmaar". 9 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kerstin Casparij zet voetbalcarrière voort bij FC Twente". Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Oranje Leeuwin Kerstin Casparij maakt droomtransfer naar Manchester City: 'Ik ben dolgelukkig'". 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kerstin Casparij maakt debuut in Oranje". 23 October 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Mark White (5 June 2023). "Netherlands Women's World Cup 2023 squad: 30-player preliminary team named". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.


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