Sari Kees (born 17 February 2001) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a defender for FA Women's Super League club Leicester City and the Belgium national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2024 | OH Leuven | 89 | (11) |
| 2024 - | Leicester City | ||
| 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 | 32 | (5) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024[1] | |||
Club career
editKees 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.[2][3]
Kees returned to OH Leuven again in April 2020,[4] scoring the winning goal in their 1–0 win against defending champions Anderlecht in March 2022.[5] 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
editKees 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.[6]
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.[7]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of match played 6 October 2022[8]
| 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
edit| 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 | |||||
| 5. | 9 April 2024 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark |  Denmark |
1–4 | 2–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
References
edit- ^ "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "KRC Genk Ladies blijven zich maar versterken". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Sari Kees: Wedstrijden". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Drie Genkies beproeven hun geluk in Leuven" (in Dutch). Oud-Heverlee Leuven. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "OHL wint van RSCA" (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Sari Kees :: OH Leuven". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Match Report of Slovakia vs Belgium - 2022-02-16 - Pinatar Cup - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "rbfa profile".
External links
edit- Sari Kees at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Sari Kees at Soccerway
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