Xenia Smits
German handball player (born 1994)
Xenia Smits | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30) Wilrijk, Belgium | ||
Nationality | Belgian German | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2007–2008 | HC Rhino | ||
2008–2010 | HSG Bad Wildungen | ||
2010–2013 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2010–2015 | HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||
2015–2020 | Metz Handball | ||
2020– | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Germany | 111 | (255) |
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 31. december 2023 |
Xenia Smits (born 22 April 1994) is a Belgian-born German handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the German national team.[1][2]
At the age of 16 she debuted for Bundesliga team HSG Blomberg-Lippe, where she played until 2015. In this period she became a German citizen, and could thus play for the German national team.[3]
Achievements
- EHF European League:
- Winner: 2022
- Bundesliga:
- Winner: 2022, 2023
- LFH Division 1 Féminine:
- Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Coupe de France:
- Winner: 2017, 2019
Individual awards
- French Championship Hope of the Season: 2016
- Championnat de France Best Left Back: 2018
- MVP of the EHF European League Final Four: 2022
References
External links
- Xenia Smits at the European Handball Federation
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Germany squad – Women's handball – 2014 European Championship – 10th place
- 2 Zapf
- 5 Lang
- 8 A. Müller
- 10 Loerper
- 11 Smits
- 12 Kramarczyk
- 14 Minevskaja
- 15 Naidzinavicius
- 16 Woltering
- 18 Steinbach
- 20 Althaus
- 21 Nadgornaja
- 22 S. Müller
- 23 Huber
- 26 Geschke
- 31 Wohlbold
- 33 Schulze
- Coach: Jensen