{{short description|Nigerian basketball player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Murjanatu Liman Musa | image = Murjanatu Musa 2025 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Musa with the Phoenix Mercury in 2025 | number = 11 | position = Center / Power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = | league = Ligue Féminine de Basketball | team = Basket Landes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|05|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Abuja, Nigeria | nationality = Nigerian | high_school = | college = | draft_year = | draft_league = | career_start = 2018 | career_end = | years1 = 2018–2019 | team1 = Air Warriors | years2 = 2021–2024 | team2 = Celta Zorka Vigo | years3 = 2024–2025 | team3 = Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | years4 = {{WNBA Year|2025}} | team4 = Phoenix Mercury | years5 = 2025–present | team5 = Basket Landes | highlights = |medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition|AfroBasket}} {{MedalGold|2021 Cameroon|}} {{MedalGold|2023 Rwanda|}} {{MedalGold|2025 Ivory Coast|}} {{MedalCompetition|African Games}} {{MedalGold|2019 Rabat|3x3|}} }} '''Murjanatu Liman Musa''' (born 5 May 2000) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Basket Landes of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. She is also member of the Nigerian national team.<ref name="eurobasket">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Murjanatu-Musa/Nigeria/Air-Warriors/537170|title=Murjanatu Musa Basketball Player Profile, Air Warriors, News, D1 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=eurobasket|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Nigeria=== Murjanatu previously played for the Nigerian side Air Warriors. In the 2019 Zenith Women Basketball League, the team defeated Mountain of Fire Ministries in the final, with Musa scoring 17 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 assists. She was voted the MVP of the league.<ref name="aclsports">{{cite web|url=https://www.aclsports.com/zenith-bank-womens-basketball-air-warriors-in-historic-win/|title=Zenith Bank Women's Basketball: Air Warriors in historic win|website=ACLSports|date=25 October 2019 |accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="afrobasket">{{cite web|url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Nigeria/news/602982/Zenith-Bank-Women-Basketball-League:-Air-Warriors-crowned-2019-Champions-Murjanatu-Musa-emerges-league-MVP?Women=1|title=Zenith Bank Women Basketball League: Air Warriors crowned 2019 Champions Murjanatu Musa emerges league MVP - afrobasket News|website=afrobasket.com|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="pressreader">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/thisday/20191025/282192242771977|via=PressReader|title=Press Reader|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref>
===Europe=== Murjanatu joined Celta Zorka in Spain in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bamidele |first1=Kenny |title=D'Tigress star joins Spanish outfit |url=https://ojbsport.com/2021/12/06/dtigress-star-joins-spanish-outfit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119035511/https://ojbsport.com/2021/12/06/dtigress-star-joins-spanish-outfit/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |website=ojbsport.com |access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> In the 2022/23 season, She averaged 13.4 points, 13 rebounds and +22.7 efficiency,<ref>{{cite web |title=WOMEN'S LEAGUE CHALLENGE |url=https://issuu.com/balldontlie/docs/bdl_3_esp/s/24298238 |website=issuu.com |access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref> She also resigned with the team for the 2023/24 Season.<ref>{{cite web |title=MURJANATU MUSA has re-signed with Celta Vigo for the 2023/24 season |url=https://www.regeneracomsports.com/en/news/367/murjanatu-musa-has-re-signed-with-celta-vigo-for-the-202324-season/ |website=regeneracomsports.com |access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>
===WNBA=== ====Phoenix Mercury (2025)==== On 5 March 2025, Musa signed a training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOENIX MERCURY SIGN FOUR PLAYERS TO TRAINING CAMP CONTRACTS |url=https://mercury.wnba.com/news/phoenix-mercury-sign-four-players-to-training-camp-contracts |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=mercury.wnba.com |language=en}}</ref> Although she missed training camp as she was finishing her season in France, she still made the final Mercury roster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOENIX MERCURY SET 2025 ROSTER |url=https://mercury.wnba.com/news/phoenix-mercury-set-2025-roster |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=mercury.wnba.com |language=en}}</ref> On 8 July, she was waived by the Mercury.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peter |first=Pedro |date=2025-07-09 |title=Phoenix Mercury release D’Tigress star Musa |url=https://punchng.com/phoenix-mercury-release-dtigress-star-musa/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |newspaper=The Punch|language=en-US}}</ref>
==National team career== Murjanatu represented Nigeria in the 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2019 Morocco Africa Games and 2019 African Beach Games, Cape-Verde, the team won Gold and Bronze respectively. Murjanatu Musa was called up to represent the D'Tigress and to participate in the Tokyo 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Belgrade.<ref name="brila">{{cite web|url=https://www.brila.net/fiba-woqt-dtigress-invitation-is-what-ive-worked-for-all-year-murjanatu/|title= FIBA WOQT D'Tigress Invitation is what I've Worked for all Year - Murjanatu - Latest Sports News In Nigeria |website=brila.net|date= 16 December 2019 |accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/sport/hughley-names-14-players-as-dtigress-camp-opens-february/|title=Hughley names 14 players as D'Tigress camp opens February {{pipe}} The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsSport — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News|website=guardian.ng|date=16 December 2019 |accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="fiba2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/women/2020/news/nigeria-reveals-shortlist-for-olympics-qualifying-tournament-in-belgrade|title=Nigeria reveals shortlist for Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade - FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Belgrade, Serbia 2020|website=FIBA.basketball|accessdate=2020-02-07}}</ref> She also participated in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments where she averaged 7.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Murjanatu Musa |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/belgium/2024/player/Murjanatu-Musa|website=fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/belgium/2024/ |access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{WNBA player statistics legend}} ===WNBA=== ''Stats current as of game on June 27, 2025'' {{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics<ref>{{cite web |title=Murjanatu Musa WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/m/musamu01w.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>}} |- | align=left | {{wnbay|2025}} | align=left | Phoenix |12||0||10.2||.457||.500||.636||2.6||0.6||0.3||0.2||0.6||3.3 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | '''Career''' | align=left | 1 year, 1 team |12||0||10.2||.457||.500||.636||2.6||0.6||0.3||0.2||0.6||3.3 {{S-end}}
==References== {{reflist|1}}
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