Razija Mujanović

Razija Mujanović

Personal information
Born	(1967-04-15) 15 April 1967 Čelić, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian
Listed height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Career information
Playing career	1982–2009
Position	Center
Number	12
Career history
1982–1990	Jedinstvo Aida
1991–1992	Dorna Godella
1991–1992	Basket Puglia Bari
1992–1996	Pool Comense
1996-1998	Microcamp Campinas
1998	Detroit Shock
1998-1999	Basket Vicenza
1999-2000	Basket Messina
2000-2002	Celta Vigo
2002-2003	FC Barcelona
2004	Como
2004-2005	Zagreb
2005-2006	FC Barcelona
2006-2007	Txingudi SBE
2007-2008	Celta Vigo
2008–2009	Ragusa Dubrovnik
Career highlights and awards
3× Euroscar European Player of the Year (1991, 1994, 1995)
Stats at Basketball Reference
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Women's Basketball Representing Yugoslavia European Championship 1987 Madrid 1991 Tel Aviv Olympic Games 1988 Seoul FIBA World Cup 1990 Malaysia Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games 1993 France

Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's basketball 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 FIBA Hall of Fame 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

On 27 January 1998, Mujanović was selected in the initial player allocation of the WNBA and was assigned to the Detroit Shock. Her debut game was played on 13 June 1998 in a 69 - 78 loss to the Charlotte Sting where she recorded a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds.

Mujanović was the starting Center for the Shock throughout all of the franchise's 30 games of the 1998 season and had averages of 9.1 points, 5.1 rebounds in 23.2 minutes per game. The team finished with a 17 - 13 record but missed the playoffs. Although she had a productive year with the Shock, the 1998 season ended up being Mujanović' only season in the WNBA.

Because the Shock missed the playoffs, the last game of the Shock's regular season ended up also being Mujanović' final WNBA game. That game was played on 19 August 1998 and the Shock would be victorious over the New York Liberty 82 - 68 with Mujanović recording 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

National team career

Mujanović won silver medals with the senior Yugoslavia women's national basketball team, at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, the 1990 FIBA World Cup, and the EuroBasket Women 1991. She later played with the senior Bosnian women's national basketball team. She played her last game with Bosnia, in September 2007.

On 21 September 2017, Mujanović would be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

External links

• Raziya Mujanovic at FIBA (archive)
• Razija Mujanović international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
• Razija Mujanović at Olympedia (archive)
• Razija Mujanovic at Olympics.com