Buğu Sönmez
| Buğu Sönmez | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 January 2006 Edremit, Balıkesir,Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Ankara Yurdum | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2020 | Araç Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2025 | Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2025– | Ankara Yurdum | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | Turkey U-17 | ||||||||||||||||
2023 | Turkey U-19 | ||||||||||||||||
2024– | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
Buğu Sönmez (born 1 January 2006) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as Left back in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Ankara Yurdum and the Turkey national team. The 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)-tall sportswoman plays in the left back position.[1]
Club career
Sönmez is 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) tall, and plays in the left back position.[1]
She started her handball playing career in Kastamonu at her age of 14 with the encouragement of her teacher. She entered the local club Araç Bld. SK in the 2020–2021 season. In 2020, her family moved to Eskişehir, and she transferred to Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK team.[1][2][3] In the 2022–23,[3] and the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Handball Super League season, she became top goal scorer with 190 goals netted.[2]
She joined Ankara Yurdum, which was newly established and entered the 2025–26 Super League season on a wild card basis.[4]
International career
Sönmez became a member of the Turkey U-17 team, and played at the 2023 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship.[5]
She was admitted to the Turkey U-19 team, and participated at the 2023 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship.[6][7]
She was selected to the Turkey national team, and played at Turkey's first participation in the European championship, the preliminary round of the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship,[8] and later at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification matches.[2]
She played in the national team, which won the gold medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[9]
Honours
Individual
- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
-
- Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK
- Top goalscorer (2): 2022–23, 2024–25
International
References
- ^ a b c "Buğu Sönmez" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Yıldırım, Şebnem (11 April 2025). "Buğu Sönmez Milli Gururumuz". Milli İrade (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b Özceylan, Günhan (3 March 2025). "Buğu Sönmez'in hedefi, Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Lig'de 200 gol barajını geçmek". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde 8 Takım! Heyecanda Geri Sayım". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ "2023 W17 Championship Match Details". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Türkiye 37:15 Estonia". European Handball Federation. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "2023 W19 Championship Match Details". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımı tarihinde ilk defa Avrupa Şampiyonası'nda" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 25 November 2024. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Kadın Hentbol A Milli Takımı, İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 21 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.