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 | ||
2025–2026 | Metz Handball | ||
2026- | Odense Håndbold | ||
| 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 | |||
Xenia Smits (born 22 April 1994) is a Belgian-born German handball player for Metz Handball and the German national team.
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.
She also represented Germany at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship. Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway. 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. At the tournament she had the most steals of any player.
In 2026 she joined Danish club Odense Håndbold.