Buse Ünal (born 29 July 1997) is a Turkish women's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She is tall at and plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Bahçelievler Belediyespor. She is a member of the

Turkey women's national volleyball team The Turkey women's national volleyball team () is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations. The team is the most successful national sports team in the country and h ...

Early life

Buse Ünal was born into a family of athletes in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, Turkey on 29 July 1997. 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

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

and continued with her high school education in Ankara.

Playing career

Club

Ünal started playing volleyball in the youth development team of

Arkas Spor Arkas Spor is a professional volleyball team based in İzmir, Turkey. It plays in the Turkish Men's Volleyball League and in the CEV Champions League. The Körfez Sports Club began competing in the 2nd volleyball league in the 1999-00 season. I ...

in İzmir, 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, where she played two years long. In 2013, her team took home the champion title of the Turkish cadet girls' championship. In the 2014–15 season, she was admitted to the senior team of Ilbank Ankara, which played then in the First League. After her team's relegation to the Second League, they were promoted to the First League at the end of the 2016–17 season. 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. She participated at the 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup with her team Ilbank Ankara.

International

In March 2018, Ünal was admitted to the

. She played in the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former FIVB Volleyba ...

for

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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