Döne Gül Bozdoğan (born 3 February 1999) 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 CSM Slatina and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the

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position.

Personal life

Döne Gül Bozdoğan was born in

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

, Turkey on 3 February 1999.

Club career

She is tall, and plays in the

position. Bozdoğan started her handball playing career at the

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

-based club Muratpaşa Bld. SK in 2016. Her team finished the 2017-18

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 as champion. She played at the 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League qualifying,

2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League The 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League was the 26th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Győri Audi ETO KC defended their ...

, and

2019–20 Women's EHF Cup The 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup was the 39th edition of EHF's second-tier women's handball competition. It started on 7 September 2019. Siófok KC were defending champions. On 24 April 2020 EHF announced that the competition would be cancelled du ...

. After playing five seasons, she transferred to

Konyaaltı Bld. SK Konyaaltı Bld. SK (), also known as Konyaaltı BSK, is a Turkish professional women's handball club from Konyaaltı in Antalya. Founded in 1991, the club plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League. Club chairman is Ramazan Karabulut and ...

also in Antalya, where she played from 2021 to 2023. With Konyaaltı Bld. SK, she played at the 2022-23

EHF Women's European Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier co ...

, at which her club became champion. She was also part of the team at the

2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup The 2023–24 Women's EHF European Cup was the 31st season of Europe's tertiary club handball tournament organised by European Handball Federation (EHF), and the 4th season since it was renamed from the Challenge Cup to the EHF European Cup. A ...

. In the beginning of the 2023–2024 season, she joined

Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü, also known as Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor or simply Bursa B.B. SK, is a Turkish Sports club, multi-sport club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa in Turkey. Established in 1980 wi ...

. In May 2024, she moved to Romania, and signed a deal with CSM Slatina.

International career

At the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games (, ), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (, ) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Tarragona was ...

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, Spain, Bozdoğan was part of the

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, which placed fifth. She was part of the team at the

2024 European Women's Handball Championship The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their t ...

, and

2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification The European qualification for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, in Germany and the Netherlands was played over two rounds. In the first round of qualification, 12 teams who were not participating at the 2024 European Championship pla ...

Honours

;

:; Muratpaşa Bld. SK :: ''Champions'' (1): 2017–18 :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19 :;

:: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2022–23 ;

:: ''Champions'' (1): 2022–23

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bozdogan, Done Gul 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Kayseri Turkish female handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Konyaaltı Bld. SK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Handball players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Expatriate handball players in Romania Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Turkish expatriate handball players CSM Slatina (women's handball) players