Sude Çifçi

Sude Çifçi
Personal information
Born (2004-11-10) 10 November 2004
Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Ankara Yurdum
Number 25
Senior clubs
Years Team
2019–2022
Mudanya Bld.
2022–2025
Bursa BB
2025–
Ankara Yurdum
National team
Years Team
2022–2023
Turkey girls' U17
2025
Turkey women's U19
2023–
 Turkey
Medal record
Women's Handball
Representing  Turkey
Islamic Solidarity Games
2025 Riyadh Team

Sude Çifçi (born 10 November 2004) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as left winger in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Ankara Yurdum and the Turkey national handball team.

Club career

Mudanya Bld.

Çifçi started handball playing at an early age. Already in 2019, she played at Mudanya Bld. in Bursa Province in the Turkish Women's Handball First League.[1] In the 2021–22 First League season [2] she contributed much to her team's advance to the play-offs as being the league top goalscorer with 141 goals in 17 league matches.[3]

Bursa BB

In the 2022–23 First League season, she transferred to Bursa BB.[4][5] The team finished the season as league champion, and was promoted to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League. Çifçi was instrumental in her team's success by being top goalscorer with 161 goals in 22 league matches. Her contract was extended for the 2023–24 season.[6] She netted 63 goals in 18 league games in the season, and her contract was renewed for the 2024–25 season.[7] In 2025, her team won both cups, the Turkish Women's Handball Cup,[8] and the Turkish Women's Handball Super Cup.[9]

Anadolu Üniversitesi

Mid July 2025, she transferred to Anadolu Üniversitesi in Eskişehir.[10] However, she didnot play.

Ankara Yurdum

She joined Ankara Yurdum, which was newly established and entered the 2025–26 Super League season on a wild card basis.[11]

She is 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall, and plays in the left wing position.[4]

International career

Turkey girls' cadet

Çifçi was part of the Turkey girls' cadet team, which took part at the 2019 European Qualification Championship in Italy.[1]

Turkey women's

Çifçi was selected to the national team in March 2023 to participate at preparation camp.[5]

She played in the national team,[12] which won the gold medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[12][13]

Personal life

Sude Çifçi was born in Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey,[4] on 10 November 2004.[14]

Honours

Club

Bursa BB
Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Third places (1): 2024–25
Turkish Women's Handball First League
Champions (1): 2022–23
Turkish Women's Handball Cup
Winners (1): 2024–25

International

Turkey women's national handball team
Islamic Solidarity Games
(1): 2025

Personal

Top goalscorer (1): 2021–22 First League (Mudanya Bld.)

References

  1. ^ a b ""Poyrazın kızları"ndan millî gurur". Kanal 23 (in Turkish). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Mudanya Belediyespor Adım Adım Süper Lige İlerliyor". nka News Agency (in Turkish). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Bursa'nın hentbolcu kızları Play-Off yolcusu". Bursa'da Bugün (in Turkish). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Cifci, Sude". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesporlu Sude Çifçi A Milli Takım kampında". Gazete ABC (in Turkish). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Şampiyon Kadın Hentbol Takımında transfer çalışmaları başladı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor genç oyuncularını bırakmadı". Konya Aktüel (in Turkish). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. ^ "HDI Sigorta Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası Şampiyonu Bursa BBSK" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Süper Kupa Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor'un". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 31 August 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Meleklerin kadrosu şekilleniyor". İstikbal (in Turkish). 18 July 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde 8 Takım! Heyecanda Geri Sayım". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  12. ^ a b Çakmak, Fatih (4 November 2025). "Türkiye, 6. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 212 sporcuyla yer alacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Kadın Hentbol A Milli Takımı, İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 21 November 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Athletes - Handball - Türkiye - Sude Cifci". Islamic Solidarity Games. Retrieved 5 December 2025.