| Sari Kees | |
| Birth Date: | 2001 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Belgium |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Currentclub: | Leicester City |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | SP Budingen |
| Youthclubs2: | KSV Drieslinter |
| Youthclubs3: | OH Leuven |
| Years1: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs1: | OH Leuven |
| Caps1: | 43 |
| Goals1: | 8 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Genk |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2024 |
| Clubs3: | OH Leuven |
| Caps3: | 89 |
| Goals3: | 11 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Belgium U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Belgium U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | Belgium U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018–2020 |
| Nationalteam4: | Belgium U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 3 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam5: | Belgium U23 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalteam6: | Belgium |
| Nationalyears6: | 2022– |
| Nationalcaps6: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 1 |
| Ntupdate: | 6 October 2022 |
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.
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 in March 2022.[4] Leuven ended in second place behind Anderlecht for three straight seasons, from 2020-21 to 2022-23.
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 September 2022 | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | ||
| 2. | 13 November 2022 | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | ||
| 3. | 23 February 2024 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs | ||
| 4. | 5–1 | |||||
| 5. | 9 April 2024 | 1–4 | 2–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | ||