Sari Kees

Sari Kees

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Belgium
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	OH Leuven
Number	2
Youth career
	SP Budingen
	KSV Drieslinter
	OH Leuven
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	OH Leuven	43	(8)
2019–2020	Genk	15	(0)
2020–	OH Leuven	46	(6)
International career‡
2015	Belgium U15	1	(0)
2015–2017	Belgium U16	4	(1)
2016–2018	Belgium U17	16	(0)
2018–2020	Belgium U19	20	(3)
2021	Belgium U23	2	(0)
2022–	Belgium	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2022

Sari Kees (born 17 February 2001) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian Women's Super League club Oud-Heverlee Leuven and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Kees started her youth career as a goalkeeper at SP Budingen. At age 10, she joined OH Leuven, and further developed as a central defender throughout their youth teams for the next eight seasons.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 12 June 2019, it was announced that Kees joined Racing Genk for one season, becoming a team regular there. ^{[1] [2]}

Kees returned to OH Leuven again in April 2020, ^[3] scoring the winning goal in their 1–0 win against defending champions Anderlecht in March 2022. ^[4] Leuven ended in second place behind Anderlecht for three straight seasons, from 2020-21 to 2022-23.^{[ citation needed ]}

Kees stated that her ambitions for the coming years are becoming a full-time member of the national team, and earning a transfer to a foreign club.^{[ citation needed ]}

International career

Kees is a member of the national team since the under-15s. As a central defender, she played for the under-19s in the UEFA U19 Championship in 2019 in their group matches against Spain, Germany and England. ^[5]

Kees made her debut for the Belgium national team on 16 February 2022, in a 4–0 win against Slovakia in the Pinatar Cup in Spain. ^[6]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 6 October 2022 ^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belgium U15	2015	1	0
Belgium U16	2015	1	0
	2017	3	1
	Total	4	1
Belgium U17	2016	7	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	3	0
	Total	16	0
Belgium U19	2018	6	0
	2019	13	3
	2020	1	0
	Total	20	3
Belgium U23	2021	2	0
Belgium	2021	1	0
	2022	13	1
	Total	14	1
Career total		57	5

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 September 2022	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	7–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.	13 November 2022	Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Slovakia	1–0	7–0	Friendly
3.	23 February 2024	Pancho Aréna, Felcsút, Hungary	Hungary	1–1	5–1	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs
4.				5–1

References

1. "KRC Genk Ladies blijven zich maar versterken". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
2. "Sari Kees: Wedstrijden". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
3. "Drie Genkies beproeven hun geluk in Leuven" (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. "OHL wint van RSCA" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
5. "Sari Kees :: OH Leuven". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
6. "Match Report of Slovakia vs Belgium - 2022-02-16 - Pinatar Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
7. "rbfa profile".

External links

• Sari Kees at the Royal Belgian Football Association
• Sari Kees at Soccerway