Jorn Smits (born 3 September 1992) is a Dutch

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player for GC Amicitia Zürich and the Dutch national team.

Career

Initially, Smits first practiced football at the age of 6, but his cousin asked him to participate in handball training during the winter break. He then started to play handball at V&L in

Geleen Geleen (; ) is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a ri ...

. At the age of 15, Smits made his debut in the first team of V&L in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

. Some time later, he also played in the first team of Limburg Lions led by Aleksandr Rymanov. In 2011, he went to Skanderborg Håndbold in Denmark. Smits made his debut for the national team on 5 June 2012 against

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

.Jorn Smits
, HandbalNL, geraadpleegd op 29 June 2021 In 2012, Smits returned to the Netherlands to play for

Volendam Volendam () is a tourist town in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Edam-Volendam, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing wor ...

. He grew to captain the team and became a fixture in the national team. During the time that Smits played at Volendam, the club won the national championship once, the national cup twice and the Dutch Supercup once. In 2016 Smits moved to Danish side

Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays their home matches in Arena Randers. History Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort ...

and two years later he went to Germany to play for TV Emsdetten. In Germany, Smits had little playing time in Germany and in February 2020 he rejoined Volendam. In January 2021, Smits returned to Denmark to play for

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 a ...

with his brother.

Personal life

His parents, and Cecile Leenen, played handball at high level. His brother Kay Smits and sister

Inger Smits Inger Smits (born 17 September 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Romanian club CSM București (women's handball), CSM București and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team tha ...

also play handball at a high level.De genen van handbalfamilie Smits: 'Later beseffen we hoe bijzonder dit is'
, NOS, 19 januari 2021

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smits, Jorn 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Geleen Dutch male handball players Handball players from Limburg (Netherlands) Dutch expatriate handball players in Germany TTH Holstebro players Dutch expatriate handball players in Denmark 21st-century Dutch sportsmen