Mónica Messa Explained

Mónica Messa
Position:Shooting guard
Height Cm:179
League:Spanish League
Birth Date:Mónica Messa López
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Career Start:1983
Career End:1995
Highlights:
Years1:1983-1988
Team1:Real Canoe
Years2:1988-1989
Team2:Caja Toledo
Years3:1989-1993
Team3:BEX Banco Exterior
Years4:1993-1995
Team4:Real Canoe

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

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:[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto . seleccionfemenina.feb.es . 2017-09-19.
  2. Web site: archive.fiba.com: Players . archive.fiba.com . 2017-09-19.
  3. Web site: archive.fiba.com: Players . archive.fiba.com . 2017-09-19.