Xenia Smits

Xenia Smits
Xenia Smits
Personal information
Born	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
2014–	Germany
	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

^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Profile". dhb.de. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "Im Portrait: Xenia Smits – HSG Blomberg-Lippe". Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.

External links

Xenia Smits at the European Handball Federation

[1] "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

[2] "Profile". dhb.de. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[3] "Im Portrait: Xenia Smits – HSG Blomberg-Lippe". Archived from the original on 18 December 2018.

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