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Clarisse Machanguana
Mozambican basketball player (born 1976)
Clarisse Machanguana (born 4 October 1976) is a professional women's basketball player and philanthropist from Mozambique.
She has played internationally in both the United States (WNBA from 1999 to 2002) and in Spain (FC Barcelona since 2003). She also represented Mozambique at the 2006 Lusophony Games in Macau, China. In 2014 founded the Clarisse Machanguana Foundation, which empowers Mozambiquan youth through sport, education and health.[1] Machanguana was the UNICEF ambassador to Mozambique from 2016 to 2018.
Early life and college
Machanguana was born on October 4, 1976, 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 1997, Machanguana and Penicheiro led the Lady Monarchs to the NCAA title game.[4]