Razija Mujanović Explained

Razija Mujanović
Number:12
Position:Center
Height M:2.02
Weight Kg:75
Nationality:Bosnian
Birth Date:1967 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Čelić, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Career Start:1982
Career End:2009
Years1:1982–1990
Team1:Jedinstvo Aida
Years2:1991–1992
Team2:Dorna Godella
Years3:1991–1992
Years4:1992–1996
Team4:Pool Comense
Years5:1996-1998
Team5:Microcamp Campinas
Years6:1998
Team6:Detroit Shock
Years7:1998-1999
Team7:Basket Vicenza
Years8:1999-2000
Team8:Basket Messina
Years9:2000-2002
Team9:Celta Vigo
Years10:2002-2003
Years11:2004
Years12:2004-2005
Years13:2005-2006
Team13:FC Barcelona
Years14:2006-2007
Years15:2007-2008
Team15:Celta Vigo
Years16:2008–2009
Team16:Ragusa Dubrovnik
Highlights:
  • 3× Euroscar European Player of the Year (1991, 1994, 1995)
Fiba Hof Player:Razija-Mujanović

Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's basketball player. She was voted the best female European basketball player three times (1991, 1994 and 1995) by the Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport.[1] She was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017.[2] [3]

Club career

Mujanović started her career with Jedinstvo Aida in Tuzla, and continued to play in Italy, Spain, Brazil, the United States, Croatia and Hungary. During her club career, she was twelve-time national league champion (in 1988, 1990, 1992 through 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005), and one national cup in 1992. She won EuroLeague four times, in 1989, 1992, 1994, and 1995.[3] [4] During her club career, she was voted best female European basketball player in Euroscar European Player of the Year three times, in 1991, 1994, and 1995.[3]

WNBA career

On 27 January 1998, Mujanović was selected in the initial player allocation of the WNBA and was assigned to the Detroit Shock. Her debut game was played on 13 June 1998 in a 69 - 78 loss to the Charlotte Sting where she recorded a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds.[5]

Mujanović was the starting Center for the Shock throughout all of the franchise's 30 games of the 1998 season and had averages of 9.1 points, 5.1 rebounds in 23.2 minutes per game. The team finished with a 17 - 13 record but missed the playoffs. Although she had a productive year with the Shock, the 1998 season ended up being Mujanović' only season in the WNBA.[6]

Because the Shock missed the playoffs, the last game of the Shock's regular season ended up also being Mujanović' final WNBA game. That game was played on 19 August 1998 and the Shock would be victorious over the New York Liberty 82 - 68 with Mujanović recording 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.[7]

National team career

Mujanović won silver medals with the senior Yugoslavia women's national basketball team, at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, the 1990 FIBA World Cup, and the EuroBasket Women 1991.[8] She later played with the senior Bosnian women's national basketball team. She played her last game with Bosnia, in September 2007.

On 21 September 2017, Mujanović would be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[9]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.womensbasketball-in-france.com/la-gazzetta-dello-sport.html Gazzeta Dello Sport
  2. http://www.fiba.basketball/news/dream-team-shaq-and-kukoc-headline-2017-class-of-fiba-hall-of-fame-inductees Dream Team, Shaq and Kukoc headline 2017 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees.
  3. Web site: FIBA.basketball . FIBA.basketball . 5 September 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: Basket Euroleague Women . www.allcompetitions.com . 5 September 2022.
  5. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199806130DET.html
  6. Web site: SHOCK: Razija Mujanovic . www.wnba.com . 5 September 2022.
  7. Razija Mujanović . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203164523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/razija-mujanovic-1.html . 3 December 2016.
  8. https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/2017-class-of-fiba-hall-of-fame-razija-mujanovic