Ayşenur Sormaz Explained

Ayşenur Sormaz
Nationality:Turkish
Birth Date:10 May 2000
Birth Place:Ardeşen,Rize, Turkey
Position:Left back, center back
Currentclub:A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara
Years1:2018–2020
Clubs1:Muratpaşa Bld. SK
Years2:2021–2022
Clubs2:Ego Spor
Years3:2022
Clubs3:Anadolu University
Years4:2023–
Clubs4:A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara
Nationalyears1:2017
Nationalteam1:Turkey U-17
Nationalyears2:2019
Nationalteam2:Turkey U-19
Nationalyears3:2019–
Nationalteam3:Turkey handball
Nationalyears4:2018–

Ayşenur Sormaz (born 10 May 2000)) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as centre back for the Italian club A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara in the Serie A1 and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Ayşenur Sormaz was born in Ardeşen district of Rize Province, northeastern Turkey on 10 May 2000.

Club career

Sormaz is tall at . She plays in the left back, and sometimes in the center back position.

She played in the Turkish Super League (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi, TKHSL) for Muratpaşa Bld. SK (2018–2020) in Antalya, Ego Spor (2021) in Ankara and Anadolu University (2022) in Eskişehir. She scored a total of 53 goals in 24 matches played. She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK when her team became runners-up in the 2018–19 TKHSL season, and won the 2018–19 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Hentbol Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası)), defeating the league champion Kastamonu Bld. GSK

In January 2023, the Italian Serie A1-club A.S.D. Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara announced that they had signed a deal with her.

International career

Sormaz played in the 2017 European Handball Women's U-17 EHF Championship for non-Euro participants in Klaipėda, Lithuania, where she finished third with Turkey U-17. Two years later, she played in the same place at the U-19 tournament and came third again.

Admitted to the Turkey national handball team, she took part in 2019 at the 2020 European Championship qualification, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She played at the 2022 European Championship qualification. In 2022, at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, she was with the national team, which became champion.

She is also a member of the Turkey national beach handball team. She participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
  • Muratpaşa Bld. SK
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
    Women's Handball Turkish Cup
  • Muratpaşa Bld. SK
  • Winners (1): 2018–19

    International

    Turkey women's national U-17 handball team
  • European Handball Women's U-17 EHF Championshipfor non-Euro participants
  • Third places (1): 2017
    Turkey women's national U-19 handball team
  • European Handball Women's U-19 EHF Championshipfor non-Euro participants
  • Third places (1): 2019
    Turkey women's national handball team
  • Islamic Solidarity Games
  • Champions (1): 202