Smits moved in 2005 from
HV SEW to Germany and played with
TuS Metzingen,
HSG Sulzbach Leidersbach and
Frisch Auf Göppingen. She moved back to the Netherlands and played with
SV Dalfsen Handbal between 2009 and 2012. After playing for the last three months in 2012 with
HSG Blomberg-Lippe she played from 2013 with
Fortissimo. At the end of December 2015, she moved to
Foreholte due to a conflict with her coach
Kees Boomhouwer. Smits also played 14 matches for the
Netherlands women's national handball team. She was assistant coach of the under-16 national women's team. Smits was married and had a daughter. They lived in
Almere. Due to a serious illness, Smits died in October 2022 at 39 years old. ==References==