Martine Smeets
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | May 5th 1990 |
| place of birth | Geesteren, Netherlands |
| citizenship |
 Dutch
|
| height | 1.72 m |
| Playing position | Left winger |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | CSM Bucharest |
| Jersey number | 24 |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1995-2007 |
Stevo Geesteren
|
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2007-2008 |
E&O Emmen
|
| 2008-2013 |
Sercodak Dalfsen
|
| 2013-2015 |
 Thuringian HC
|
| 2015-2018 |
SG BBM Bietigheim
|
| 2018-2020 |
 Molde HK
|
| 2020-2020 |
 Metz handball
|
| 2020– |
 CSM Bucharest
|
| National team | |
| Debut on | March 23, 2012 |
| against |
 Tunisia
|
| Games (goals) | |
|
Netherlands
|
98 (177) |
|
As of June 22, 2020 |
|
Martine Smeets (born May 5, 1990 in Geesteren) is a Dutch handball player .
Career
Martine Smeets started playing handball at Stevo Geesteren in 1995. In the 2007/08 season she played at E&O Emmen, then the 1.72 meter tall left winger moved to Sercodak Dalfsen, with whom she won the Dutch championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the Dutch cup in 2011 and 2012. From 2013 Smeets was under contract with the German Bundesliga club Thuringian HC , with whom she won the German championship in 2014 and 2015. From summer 2015 she ran for SG BBM Bietigheim . With Bietigheim she won the German championship in 2017. In the summer of 2018 she moved to the Norwegian first division team Molde HK . In January 2020 Smeets was signed by the French first division club Metz Handball , whose regular left winger Manon Houette was injured. She has been under contract with the Romanian first division club CSM Bucharest since summer 2020 .
Smeets is part of the Dutch national team , with which she participated in the 2013 World Cup in Serbia . She also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . A year later she won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Cup . With the Dutch selection, she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in 2018 . At the 2019 World Cup , she won the World Cup title in the final against the Spanish selection.
Web links
- Martine Smeets website
- Martine Smeets in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Martine Smeets in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ japanhandball2019.com: オ ラ ン ダ , accessed November 30, 2019
- ↑ handball-world.com: Smeets changes from THC to Bietigheim on June 2, 2015, accessed on June 2, 2015
- ↑ handball-world.news: Bietigheims Smeets is moving to Norway on June 12, 2018
- ↑ handball-world.news: CSM Bucharest is preparing for the Champions League on June 22, 2020 with world champion Martine Smeets
- ↑ ihf.info: XXI Women's World Championship 2013 Team Roster Netherlands (PDF; 17 kB), accessed on January 17, 2014
- ↑ eurohandball.com: Martine Smeets (EM 2018) , accessed on December 19, 2018
- ↑ handball-world.news: Abbingh strong-nerved - Netherlands with last throw against Spain women's handball world champions , accessed on December 16, 2019
- ↑ ihf.info: Goalscorers , accessed on December 16, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smeets, Martine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5th 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geesteren, Netherlands |