Razija Mujanović
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Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's
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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. She was elected to the
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in 2017.


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. 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.


WNBA career

In 1999 franchise of Detroit Shock recruited future
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r in Razija Mujanović, who had productive season with the Shocks.


National team career

Mujanović won silver medals with the senior
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, at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, the
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, and the
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.Olympic results
/ref> She later played with the senior Bosnian women's national basketball team. She played her last game with Bosnia, in September 2007.


References

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