Rosa Maria Luísa Gala (born April 17, 1995) is an Angolan female basketball player. Born in Lubango, Gala was selected to play for the

Angola women's national basketball team Angola women's national basketball team is the basketball team which represents Angolan women internationally. In 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Women They won their first Continental African title and they qualified for the first time to 201 ...

that won bronze at the

2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship The 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 2nd U-16 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and ...

. the following year she was selected for the

2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship The 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 18th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 1 ...

. She was selected for the

's pre-squad for the

2013 Afrobasket AfroBasket 2013 was the 27th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Ivory Coast from August 20 to 31, all games were played at t ...

but was later dismissed for failing to meet age requirements. Gala's club side, C.D. Primeiro de Agosto, came second in the 2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup. She again represented Angola in

basketball at the 2014 Lusophony Games The Basketball tournament at the 2014 Lusophony Games was held in Goa, India from 23 to 27 January 2014. The winners were India ( Men's tournament) and Mozambique (women's tournament). Basketball at the 2014 Lusophony Games Competition form ...

, winning silver. She also played for Angola at the

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014. This tournament implemen ...

and in

basketball at the 2015 African Games – Women's tournament The 2015 edition of the women's basketball tournament of the African Games was the 11th, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of FIBA, the basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 10 to 18 September 2015 ...

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1995 births Living people Angolan women's basketball players C.D. Primeiro de Agosto women's basketball players Small forwards African Games bronze medalists for Angola African Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 2015 African Games People from Lubango {{Angola-basketball-bio-stub