Buse Ünal

Buse Ünal (born 29 July 1997) is a Turkish women's volleyball player. She is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 72 kg (159 lb) and plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[1]

Buse Ünal
Personal information
Born (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997
Ankara, Turkey
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike280 cm (110 in)
Block270 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubTurkey Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü
National team
2018–Turkey
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing  Turkey
Women's European Volleyball Championship
Bronze medal – third place2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/RomaniaTeam
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona Team

Early life

Buse Ünal was born into a family of athletes in Ankara, Turkey on 29 July 1997.[2][3] Her father was a footballer and her mother a volleyball player, while her younger sister plays also volleyball. She completed primary and secondary school in Izmir and continued with her high school education in Ankara.[3]

Playing career

Club

Ünal started playing volleyball in the youth development team of Arkas Spor in Izmir, where she was a member for seven years during her school years. When the family resettled in Ankara, she joined the cadet team of Ilbank Ankara,[4] where she played two years long. In 2013, her team took home the champion title of the Turkish cadet girls' championship.[3] In the 2014–15 season, she was admitted to the senior team of Ilbank Ankara, which played then in the First League.[5] After her team's relegation to the Second League, they were promoted to the First League at the end of the 2016–17 season.[6]

After four seasons, Ünal left Ilbank Ankara, which was about to relegate again losing all of the twelve league matches in the mid of the 2017–18 First league. In January 2018, she signed with the successful Second League club Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyesi, which had chances to get promoted to the First League in the upcoming season.[6]

She participated at the 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup with her team Ilbank Ankara.[2]

Club From To
Turkey Ilbank Ankara 2014–2015 2017–2018
Turkey Manisa BBSK 2017–2018

International

In March 2018, Ünal was admitted to the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[1][7][8] She played in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League for Turkey.[9]

References
  1. "Teams: Turkey". Volleyball Nations League. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  2. "2015 FIVB U20 Women Volleyball WCH – European Qualification – Ünal Buse". CEV 2015 European Qualification U20. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  3. Ateşnal, Tekin (2013-06-10). "O bir pasör: Buse Ünal". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  4. "İlbank'ın altyapısı fabrika gibi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  5. "İlbank'tan iç transfer". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  6. Özbek, Gülperi (2018-01-12). "Buse Ünal yuvadan uçtu". Anadolu (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  7. "Manisa'da Milli Gurur". Voleybol Aktuel (in Turkish). 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  8. "Voleybolda kadın millilerin aday kadrosu açıklandı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  9. "Buse Unal". Volleyball National League. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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