Sevgi Uzun

Sevgi Uzun — Biography

Sevgi Uzun was born on November 25, 1997, in Istanbul and is the daughter of Metin Uzun, the Beşiktaş player nicknamed "Küçük Metin". She started basketball in primary school, began in the Beşiktaş youth academy in 2013 and played 86 matches in five seasons there. She was in the Turkey side that took third place at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Division B, in Bucharest, and was named to the All-Star Five.

In 2018-19 she moved to Çukurova Basketbol, scoring 201 points in 38 games. She played for Fenerbahçe from 2019 to 2021, winning the unbeaten 2020-21 Super League, the Presidents Cup and the 2019-20 Turkish Cup, then spent 2021-22 at Ormanspor and 2022-23 at Botaş. She rejoined Fenerbahçe in summer 2023 and won the 2024 EuroLeague Women title, the 2023 and 2024 FIBA Europe SuperCup and the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Super League.

On February 23, 2024, she joined the Dallas Wings, becoming the second Turkish player in the WNBA after Nevriye Yılmaz; in 2025 she was with the Phoenix Mercury and then the Chicago Sky. In 2025-26 she won a second EuroLeague title with Fenerbahçe. She left Fenerbahçe on May 18, 2026, having won two European and four Super League titles there, and signed a two-year deal with Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring on July 18, 2026. She has played close to 150 times for the Turkish national team.