 Casparij with Manchester City in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kerstin Yasmijn Casparij[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-08-19)19 August 2000 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back,central 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 | 65 | (4) |
| 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 | 49 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:40, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:30, 24 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Kerstin Yasmijn Casparij (Dutch:[ˈkɛrstɪɲɑsˈmɛiŋkɑspaːˈrɛi]; born 19 August 2000) is a Dutch professionalfootballer who plays as aright-back orcentral midfielder forWomen's Super League clubManchester City and theNetherlands national team.[2]
Casparij made her debut forHeerenveen in theEredivisie at the age of 15.[3] She made her league debut againstTwente on 6 November 2015.[4] Casparij scored her first league goal againstAchilles '29 on 23 December 2016, scoring in the 65th minute.[5]
After two years, she moved toVV Alkmaar.[6] She made her league debut against Heerenveen on 1 September 2017.[7] She scored her first league goal againstExcelsior on 10 November 2017, scoring in the 45th minute.[8]
After a year at VV Alkmaar, she returned to Heerenveen.[9] During her second spell, she made her league debut against Achilles '29 on 14 September 2018.[10] She scored ahat trick, which was also her first goals for the club during her second spell, against Achilles '29 on 27 November 2018.[11]
She joinedTwente in 2020.[12] Casparij made her league debut againstAjax on 6 September 2020.[13] She scored her first league goal againstPEC Zwolle on 11 September 2020, scoring in the 82nd minute.[14]
On 26 July 2022, Casparij joinedWomen's Super League clubManchester City on a three-year deal.[15] She was signed to replaceLucy Bronze.[16] Casparij made her league debut againstChelsea on 25 September 2022.[17]
Along withRico Lewis, Casparij was named as the club's PFA Community Champions on 24 May 2024.[18]
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 forDaniëlle van de Donk in a 8–0 win againstCyprus.[19]
On 31 May 2023, she was named as part of the Netherlands provisional squad for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[20]
Casparij isqueer[21] and alesbian.[22] As of 2025,[update] she is dating a woman who she met onTinder and does not work in football.[23][24][22]
Casparij is supportive of trans people, dedicating her goal in the 20 April 2025 match againstEverton to "all my trans siblings, who’ve had an incredibly tough & heartbreaking week", in the wake of theUK Supreme Court judgement inFor Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.[22][25][26] In September 2025, she became apatron of theLGBT Foundation[24][27] and will help with fundraising forsafe spaces for queer women in the community.[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Heerenveen | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | ? | ? | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 1 | ? | ? | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 1 | ? | ? | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| VV Alkmaar | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 22 | 2 | ? | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| Heerenveen | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 23 | 5 | ? | 0 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 34 | 6 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 6 | |||
| FC Twente | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 26 | 5 | |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 6 | ||
| Manchester City | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| Total | 65 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 97 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 198 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 246 | 20 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | |
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