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Mónica Messa

Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	Mónica Messa López 7 October 1966 (1966-10-07) (age 57) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Career information
Pro career	1983–1995
League	Spanish League
Career history
1983-1988	Real Canoe
1988-1989	Caja Toledo
1989-1993	BEX Banco Exterior
1993-1995	Real Canoe
Career highlights and awards
3x Liga Femenina champion (1984, 1985, 1986) Copa de la Reina champion (1993)
Medals Women's basketball Representing  Spain EuroBasket Gold 1993 Italy Team

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.

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:

• 7th 1982 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (youth)
• 8th 1983 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
• 4th 1984 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (youth)
• 7th 1985 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (youth)
• 10th 1985 Eurobasket
• 6th 1987 Eurobasket
• 5th 1992 Summer Olympics
• 1993 Eurobasket
• 9th 1995 Eurobasket

See also

In Spanish: Mónica Messa para niños