Jorn Smits

Jorn Smits (born 3 September 1992) is a Dutch handball player for GC Amicitia Zürich and the Dutch national team.

Jorn Smits
Personal information
Born	(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32) Geleen, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Youth career
Years	Team
2001–2007	Vlug en Lenig
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2007–2009	Vlug en Lenig
2009–2011	Limburg Lions
2011–2012	Skanderborg Håndbold
2012–2016	Volendam
2016–2018	Randers HK
2018–2020	TV Emsdetten
2020–2021	Volendam
2021[1]	TTH Holstebro
2021-2024	Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold
2024-	GC Amicitia Zürich
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	Netherlands	61	(85)
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2024

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. At the age of 15, Smits made his debut in the first team of V&L in the Eredivisie. Some time later, he also played in the first team of Limburg Lions led by Aleksandr Rymanov.^[2] In 2011, he went to Skanderborg Håndbold in Denmark. Smits made his debut for the national team on 5 June 2012 against Belgium.^[3]

In 2012, Smits returned to the Netherlands to play for Volendam. 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 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.^[4]

In January 2021, Smits returned to Denmark to play for TTH Holstebro with his brother.^[5]

Personal life

His parents, Gino Smits [nl] and Cecile Leenen, played handball at high level. His brother Kay Smits and sister Inger Smits also play handball at a high level.^[6]