Hasan Sönmez (born September 27, 1976 in

İznik İznik () is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 753 km2, and its population 44,236 (2022). The town is at the site of the ancient city of Nicaea, from which the modern name derives. The town lies in a fertile ...

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) is a retired Turkish

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. He played for seven different clubs throughout his career, including Gençlerbirliği,

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and

Kayserispor Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, and also called Bellona Kayserispor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the RHG Enertürk Enerji Stadium ...

. He finished his career with Iznikspor in 2011–12, the same team he started his career with in 1994.

Career

Hasan Sönmez spent his youth career with Iznikspor, he made his career debut on 17 September 1994 in a 2–1 away defeat against

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. He made 23 appearances in the 1994–95

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season for Iznikspor before departing in 1995 to sign his first professional contract with Gençlerbirliği. He made his Gençlerbirliği debut in a 5–2 away defeat to

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in the

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. He remained with the club until 2003 when he left to join

, with whom he appeared in 18 league matches. During his time with Trabzonspor, he was a part of the club's

2003–04 Turkish Cup The 2003–04 Turkish Cup was the 42nd edition of the annual tournament that determined the association football Super League (Süper Lig) Turkish Cup () champion under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (; TFF). Trabzonspor defended ...

winning side. His spell with Trabzonspor included two loan spells, the first to

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(13 apps in all competitions) and the second to

(3 apps in all competitions). The latter became Sönmez's fourth permanent career club as he joined Kayserispor permanently ahead of the 2007–08 season. He made 10 appearances over two competitions for the team before leaving at the end of the season to sign for

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, his parting gift from Kayserispor was the

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which him and the club won in a final against Sönmez's old club, Gençlerbirliği. His move to Samsunspor saw the return of regular first-team football as he played 31 times overall for Samsunspor during 2008–09, despite this Sönmez was on the move again in September 2009 when he agreed to join

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. After not making a single appearance for the club in any competition, he left Antalyaspor a year later. After being a

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between July 2010 and February 2011, Sönmez got back into football and returned to his first club Iznikspor. He participated in 22

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matches for the team before retiring in 2012.

Career statistics

Honours

;Gençlerbirliği *

(1): 2001 ;Trabzonspor *

(1): 2003–04 ;Kayserispor *

(1): 2007–08

External links

Profile at TFF.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonmez, Hasan 1976 births Living people Samsunspor footballers Kayserispor footballers Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Trabzonspor footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Süper Lig players Footballers from Bursa Province