Kerstin Stegemann

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| name = Kerstin Stegemann

| image = Kerstin Stegemann 3.jpg

| caption = Stegemann in 2008

| fullname = Kerstin Stegemann{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: Germany |publisher=FIFA |page=8 |date=15 September 2007 |access-date=18 February 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143137/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mesum, Rheine, West Germany

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Defender, midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = SV Germania Hauenhorst

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| years1 = 1993–1998

| clubs1 = FFC Heike Rheine

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| years2 = 1998–2000

| clubs2 = FCR 2001 Duisburg

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| years3 = 2000–2001

| clubs3 = FFC Flaesheim-Hillen

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| years4 = 2001–2007

| clubs4 = FFC Heike Rheine

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| years5 = 2007–2008

| clubs5 = SG Wattenscheid 09

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| years6 = 2008–2009

| clubs6 = Herforder SV

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| years7 = 2009–2010

| clubs7 = FSV Gütersloh

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| nationalyears1 = 1995–2009

| nationalteam1 = Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 191

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's football }}

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Kerstin Stegemann (born 29 September 1977) is a German former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.

Career

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,{{cite web |publisher=Sports Reference |title=Kerstin Stegemann Biography and Statistics |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/kerstin-stegemann-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222626/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/kerstin-stegemann-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=27 October 2009}} 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.

Style of play

A right-back, Stegemann has been cited as one of the first overlapping full-backs in women’s football.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Samantha |title=Ellie Carpenter: a truly modern-day full-back with plenty still to offer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/04/ellie-carpenter-a-truly-modern-day-full-back-with-plenty-still-to-offer |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=4 December 2019}}

Honours

Germany

FIFA Women's World Cup: 2003, 2007
Football at the Summer Olympics: bronze medal 2000, 2004, 2008
UEFA Women's Championship: 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009

Individual

FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team: 2007

International goals

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Opponent	Competition
class="wikitable"
5.	20 October 2005	Bayreuth, Germany	{{fbw\|SCO}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 4–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.	10 May 2007	Haverfordwest, Wales	{{fbw\|WAL}}	align=center\|3–0	align=center\| 6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
7.	26 September 2007	Tianjin, China	{{fbw\|NOR}}	align=center\|2–0	align=center\| 3–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
8.	9 August 2008	Shenyang, China	{{fbw\|NGA}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	2008 Summer Olympics