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

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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

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. She went on to become a mainstay of the national team, playing on Germany's bronze medal-winning squads in the

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and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as their 2003 Women's World Cup championship team. Along with

Birgit Prinz Birgit Prinz (born 25 October 1977) is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen- ...

and

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, she is one of only three German women with more than 150

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, 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.

International goals

Style of play

A right-back, Stegemann has been cited as one of the first overlapping full-backs in women’s football.

Honours

Germany * FIFA Women's World Cup: 2003, 2007 *

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: bronze medal

, 2004,

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, 2001, 2005, 2009 Individual * FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team: 2007

References

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* 1977 births Living people People from Rheine Sportspeople from Münster (region) German women's footballers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Germany women's international footballers FIFA Century Club FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Olympic footballers of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics FCR 2001 Duisburg players FFC Heike Rheine players SG Wattenscheid 09 (women) players {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub