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 Fenerbahçe. She is a member of the

Turkey women's national volleyball team The Turkey women's national volleyball team ( tr, Türkiye Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı) is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations. The team is one of the mos ...

Early life

Buse Ünal was born into a family of athletes in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

, 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 Izmir 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 Izmir is a professional volleyball team based in Izmir, 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 Seas ...

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, 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. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Club ! From ! To , - , Ilbank Ankara , 2014–2015 , 2017–2018 , - , Manisa BBSK , 2017–2018 , –

International

In March 2018, Ünal was admitted to the

. She played in the

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

for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

References

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