Mónica Messa
Spanish basketball player (born 1966)
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.
Early life
López was born and raised in Madrid.
Club career
López started playing basketball with school club Colegio Alameda de Osuna. In her junior years she played at Real Canoe NC before her debut in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, where she won 3 consecutive titles from 1984 to 1986.
López got transferred to the Caja Toledo - BEX Banco Exterior project, with other young Spanish players 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.
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