Mónica Messa
Personal information
BornMónica Messa López
7 October 1966 (1966-10-07) (age 57)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career1983–1995
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1983-1988Real Canoe
1988-1989Caja Toledo
1989-1993BEX Banco Exterior
1993-1995Real Canoe
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Spain
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place1993 ItalyTeam

Mónica Messa López[lower-alpha 1] (born 7 October 1966) is a former Spanish basketball player, captain of the Spanish team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] She won the gold medal at the 1993 European Championship.[2]

Club career

Born and raised in Madrid, she started playing basketball with school club Colegio Alameda de Osuna, and then she played at Real Canoe NC from her junior years to her debut in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, where she won 3 consecutive titles from 1984 to 1986.

As one of the most promising young players of her time, she got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish prospects in order to prepare for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

National team

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 19. She played with the senior team for 10 years, from 1985 to 1995, with a total of 185 caps and 4.3 PPG. She participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and four European Championships:[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Messa and the second or maternal family name is López.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mónica Messa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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