Xenia Smits
| Xenia Smits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
22 April 1994 Wilrijk, Belgium | ||
| Nationality |
Belgian German | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Metz Handball | ||
| 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 | ||
2020–2024 | SG BBM Bietigheim | ||
2024–2025 | HB Ludwigsburg | ||
2025– | Metz Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Germany | 145 | (344) |
Medal record | |||
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2025[1] | |||
Xenia Smits (born 22 April 1994) is a Belgian-born German handball player for Metz Handball and the German national team.[2][3]
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.[4]
She also represented Germany at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[5] Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway.[6] This was the first time since 1994 that Germany made the final of a major international tournament and the first time they won a medal since 2007.[7]
Achievements
- World Championship:
- Silver : 2025
- 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
- ^ "Mit 17 Spielerinnen in die Heim-WM". dhb.de/ (in German). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Profile". dhb.de. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Im Portrait: Xenia Smits – HSG Blomberg-Lippe". Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Mit 17 Spielerinnen in die Heim-WM". dhb.de/ (in German). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "Norge vinder VM-guld efter dramatisk finale" (in Danish). TV2 Danmar. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ^ "Deutsche Handballerinnen ziehen ins WM-Finale ein" (in German). Tagesschau. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.