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The Dutch right back has recently made the progression more forward on the pitch into the midfield role, especially in recent weeks. In just 5 games so far this season, she has had four goal contributions (two goals and two assists) as well as three player of the match awards.
The 25 year old joined Manchester City in July 2022 after spending her career in her home country of the Netherlands. She made her league debut against Chelsea on 25th September 2025 and has currently made over 90 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions.
At the start of her City career, she was patient when playing and waited her turn, slowly building up her minutes. She slowly became a massive part of her home away from home.
For the Netherlands, she is close to making 50 appearances after she made her senior debut in October 2021. She rose through the ranks after featuring from the under15’s all the way to the under23’s.
Against Arsenal, she brought flair and progression with the ball along the right side of the pitch giving chances to many of her teammates, including one of the goalscorers Khadija Shaw.
In the game, she played the full 90 minutes, had three touches in the opposition box, five clearances and four recoveries all while being a right back. Adding to her abilities, she also scored and assisted which rounds it up to four contributions in the opening five matches.
Manchester City’s Andrée Jeglertz spoke on Kerstin Casparij and he said: “Kerstin is a great player, and a great team player.”
“She’s really doing everything for the team atmosphere and working hard, but also putting her higher and giving her a little more responsibility to be part of that.”
“Even though she’s been here for a while, to see she still has some steps to take and that she can do it and keep developing.”
When scoring against Everton last season, she kissed her wrist which had the transgender flag on and dedicated it to “all my trans siblings, who’ve had an incredibly tough & heartbreaking week”. She recently announced that she is a patron for the LGBT Foundation.
Alongside her partner, Ruth, the pair share their life on TikTok and Youtube predominantly doing day in the lives and promoting queer things.