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![]() Stegemann in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kerstin Stegemann [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 September 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mesum, Rheine, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SV Germania Hauenhorst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | FFC Heike Rheine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | FCR 2001 Duisburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | FFC Flaesheim-Hillen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2007 | FFC Heike Rheine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Herforder SV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | FSV Gütersloh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2009 | Germany | 191 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kerstin Stegemann (born 29 September 1977) is a German former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
Born in Rheine-Mesum, she made her football debut at age 15 in 1993, playing for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen-Bundesliga. Within two years, she made her first appearance for the Germany national team, playing in a 13 April 1995 match against Poland. She went on to become a mainstay of the national team, playing on Germany's bronze medal-winning squads in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, [2] as well as their 2003 Women's World Cup championship team.
Along with Birgit Prinz and Bettina Wiegmann, she is one of only three German women with more than 150 caps, having reached that mark in a 23 November 2006 match against Japan. She also holds a team record with 61 consecutive international matches played.
Stegemann retired in 2009 with 191 international appearances and eight goals to her credit.
A right-back, Stegemann has been cited as one of the first overlapping full-backs in women’s football. [3]
Germany
Individual
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Opponent | Competition |
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5. | 20 October 2005 | Bayreuth, Germany | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
6. | 10 May 2007 | Haverfordwest, Wales | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
7. | 26 September 2007 | Tianjin, China | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
8. | 9 August 2008 | Shenyang, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
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