Umut Sönmez

Umut Sönmez is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays for German Regionalliga club VfR Aalen. He plays as a midfielder, and can work in both an offensive and creative role.

Career

Sönmez is a youth product of the German side FC Augsburg, and made his senior debut with their reserves in 2013. He followed that up with a stint at FC Memmingen, before moving to Turkey with Orduspor and Gaziantep BB. In 2016, he made his professional debut with Süper Lig side Kayserispor, He followed that up with successive stints at Adana Demirspor, Manisa, Tuzlaspor, 24 Erzincanspor, Pendikspor, and Sakaryaspor.
On 15 September 2023, Sönmez signed with VfR Aalen in Regionalliga.

International career

Sönmez was born in Turkey to parents of Azerbaijani descent, and was raised in Germany. He debuted for Azerbaijan U21 in a friendly 1–1 tie with Moldova U21 on 5 March 2014.