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.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Belgium | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club 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) |
National team‡ | |||
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 |
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.[4] Leuven ended their season in second place, behind Anderlecht.[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]
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]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
Belgium squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | ||
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