Monique Kerschowski
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Monique Kerschowski
| image =
| fullname = Monique Kerschowski
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| currentclub = 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
| clubnumber = 3
| position = Defender
| youthyears1= 2000–2005
| youthclubs1= BSC Marzahn
| years1= 2005–2012
| clubs1= 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam
| caps1= 34 | goals1 = 1
| nationalyears1=
| nationalteam1=
| nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1 =
| ntupdate = 14 November 2007
}}
Monique Kerschowski (born 22 January 1988 in Berlin) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. She last played for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.
Career
Kerschowski was a successful track and field athlete, had to retire due to a knee injury in 2000. She then started to play football with her twin sister Isabel. One day when the twins went out to buy football shoes, a manager from the club BSC Marzahn invited them for a practice session. In 2005, they both moved to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. A year later, the twins won the European under 19 Championship. Monique scored one goal while her sister scored twice. The Kerschowski twins won this title also in 2007. Monique suffered a severe knee injury in September 2007. Several further injuries let her retire in 2012.{{cite web|title=Isabel und Monique Kerschowski leave Turbine Potsdam|url=http://www.frauenfussball-info.de/bundesliga/liga-news/1047-isabel-und-monique-kerschowski-verlassen-turbine-potsdam.html|publisher=frauenfussball-info.de|accessdate=8 January 2013|language=German|date=30 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130217044328/http://www.frauenfussball-info.de/bundesliga/liga-news/1047-isabel-und-monique-kerschowski-verlassen-turbine-potsdam.html|archivedate=17 February 2013}}
Kerschowski played for Germany at the 2006 and 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship.{{FIFA player|237699}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ffc-turbine.de Official homepage of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]
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Category:German women's footballers
Category:1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
Category:Footballers from Berlin
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
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