Sari Kees

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.

Sari Kees
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001
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

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.

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.[4] Leuven ended their season in second place, behind Anderlecht.

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.

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 teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium U15 201510
Belgium U16 201510
201731
Total41
Belgium U17 201670
201760
201830
Total160
Belgium U19 201860
2019133
202010
Total203
Belgium U23 202120
Belgium 202110
2022131
Total141
Career total575

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2022Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia7–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.13 November 2022Joseph Marien Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Slovakia1–07–0Friendly

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".


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