A season later, she became a FC Twente youth player; by 2012 she reached the club first team (which plays in the BeNe League / Eredivisie).

By 2013 she started playing matches regularly for the first team and in 2014 she signed her first professional contract with the club.

[4] Following the end of the 2016–17 season for FC Twente, she signed for Bristol City, who play in the English FA WSL 1 league.

Kerkdijk expressed the hope that the increased level of training at Bristol compared to Twente would result in continued call ups for the national team.

[8][9] In April 2015, it was announced that Kerkdijk was one of seven FC Twente players named for the initial Dutch team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.