Sevgi Uzun (born 25 November 1997) is a Turkish professional

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player who plays as

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position for Fenerbahçe of the

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and EuroLeague Women. She also plays for the Turkish national team.

Career

Sevgi Uzun, who started playing basketball in her primary school years, started playing in the Beşiktaş youth academy in 2013 and stepped into professional basketball, playing in 86 matches in 5 seasons. After successful seasons in

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

and

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, she was transferred to

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team in the 2018-19 season and scored a total of 201 points with an average of 5.29 per game in 38 matches. The 1.78 cm tall basketball player played for Fenerbahçe between 2019-2021, and won the 2020-21 undefeated championship of the

, won the 2019 Turkish Presidential Cup and also won the 2019-20

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with Fenerbahçe in her first era with the team. She transferred to

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in the 2021-22 season and then played for

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in the 2022-23 season. On 26 July 2023, she signed two years contract with Fenerbahçe where she became a EuroLeague Women champion in

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, and also won

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and

. In domestic competition, she won 2023–24 and 2024–25

, 2024 Turkish Presidential Cup and 2024

in her second era with Fenerbahçe. On 25 July 2024, she extended her contract until the end of the 2025-26.

WNBA career

On 23.02.2024, she was transferred to the

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of the WNBA and became the second Turkish basketball player to play in the WNBA after

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. In 2025, she was transferred to another WNBA team,

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International

Turkish National Women's Youth Basketball Team came third in the

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held in

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, and selected All-Star Five. With her successful performance in the

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and EuroLeague Women, she played for the

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over 150 times.

Honours

* EuroLeague Women ** Championship (1) 2023-24 ** 3rd place (1) 2020-21 * FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: ** Championship (2)

* Women's Basketball Super League of Turkey ** Championship (2) 2020-21, 2023-24 ** Runners-up (1) 2018-19 * Turkish Cup ** Championship (2) 2019-20, 2023-24 * Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup ** Championship (2) 2019, 2024 * Triple Crown (1) : 2024

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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References

External links

Sevgi Uzun
at FIBA
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at tbf.org
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at eurobasket.com 1997 births Dallas Wings players Living people Basketball players from Istanbul Beşiktaş women's basketball players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Phoenix Mercury players Turkey women's national basketball team players Turkish women's basketball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Turkish expatriate basketball people in the United States {{Turkey-basketball-bio-stub