Buğu Sönmez (born 1 January 2006) is a Turkish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

er, who plays for Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the

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position.

Club career

Sönmez is tall, and plays in the

position. She started her handball playing career in

Kastamonu Kastamonu, formerly Kastamone/Castamone () and Kastamon/Castamon (), is a city in northern Turkey. It is the seat of Kastamonu Province and Kastamonu District.

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 Eskişehir ( , ; from 'old' and 'city') is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821 315 (Odunpazari + Tebebasi), with a metropolitan population of 921 630. The city is l ...

, and she transferred to Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK team. In the 2022–23, and the 2024–25

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

season, she became top goal scorer with 190 goals netted.

International career

Sönmez became a member of the Turkey U-17 team, and played at the 2023 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship. She was admitted to the Turkey U-19 team, and participated at the 2023 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship. She was selected to the Turkey national team, and played at Turkey's first participation in the European championship, the preliminary round of the

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, and later at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification matches.

Honours

Individual

;

:; Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK :: ''Top goalscorer'' (2): 2022–23, 2024–25

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonmez, Bugu 2006 births Living people People from Edremit, Balıkesir Sportspeople from Balıkesir Province Sportspeople from Balıkesir Turkish female handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Anadolu Üniversitesi GSK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players