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Mozambican basketball player (born )

Clarisse Machanguana (born 4 October ) is a professional women's basketball player and philanthropist from Mozambique.

She has played internationally in both the United States (WNBA from to ) and in Spain (FC Barcelona since ).

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She also represented Mozambique at the Lusophony Games in Macau, China. In founded the Clarisse Machanguana Foundation, which empowers Mozambiquan youth through sport, education and health.^[1] Machanguana was the UNICEF ambassador to Mozambique from to

Early life and college

Machanguana was born on October 4, , in Mozambique.

When she was 19, she moved to Portugal to attend preparatory school and play basketball.^[2] She then followed her friend, Portuguese basketball player Ticha Penicheiro, to Old Dominion University.^[3] In , Machanguana and Penicheiro led the Lady Monarchs to the NCAA title game.^[4]

Old Dominion University statistics

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