Xenia Smits

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Xenia Smits
2021-05-15 Handball Frauen, OLYMP Final4 2021, TuS Metzingen vs. SG BBM Bietigheim 1DX 3467 by Stepro.jpg
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
YearsTeam
2007–2008
 HC Rhino
2008–2010
 HSG Bad Wildungen
2010–2013
 HSG Blomberg-Lippe
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2010–2015
 HSG Blomberg-Lippe
2015–2020
 Metz Handball
2020–
 SG BBM Bietigheim
National team 1
YearsTeamApps(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]

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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

Individual awards

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References

  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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