Murjanatu Liman Musa (born 5 May 2000) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Celta Zorka Vigo of the Liga Femenina, the top flight league in

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. She is also member of the Nigerian national team.

Professional career

Murjanatu currently plays with team celta zorka in spain. Murjanatu previously played for the Nigerian side Air warriors Women's Basketball team, in the 2019 Zenith Women's Basketball league, the team defeated Mountain of Fire Ministries Women's Basketball team in the final, she was voted the MVP of the league having averaged 17 points and 15 rebounds and 3 assist in the Final game.

Nigerian National Women's Basketball team

Murjanatu represented Nigeria in the

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tournament at the 2019 Morocco Africa Games and 2019 African Beach Games, Cape-Verde, the team won Gold and Bronze respectively. Murjanatu Musa was called up to represent the D'Tigress and to participate in the Tokyo

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in Belgrade. She also participated in the

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where she averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musa, Murjanatu 2000 births Living people Nigerian women's basketball players African Games medalists in basketball African Games gold medalists for Nigeria Competitors at the 2019 African Games