{{Short description|Angolan and French basketball player (born 1991)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson | image = Whitney MIGUEL.png | national_team = Angola | birth_name = Créteil, France | birth_date = 30 September 1991 | height_cm = 185 | sport = Basketball | position = Power forward | club = US La Glacerie }}
'''Whitney Miguel''' (born 30 September 1991) is an Angolan and French basketball player who plays as power forward. She played for the Angola women's national basketball team.
== Biography == Miguel was born on 30 September 1991<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-07 |title=Whitney Miguel (Angola) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/188611-whitney-miguel |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628194202/https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/188611-whitney-miguel |url-status=live }}</ref> and left Angola at a young age to live in France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aníbal Moreira convoca campeãs |url=https://www.pressreader.com/angola/jornal-de-angola/20130704/282136403997771 |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Jornal de Angola |page=46 |language=pt-BR |via=PressReader.com}}</ref>
In the 2012-2013 season, Miguel joined Landerneau Bretagne Basket of the Ligue Feminine de Basketball 2.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-26 |title=L2F/ COB Calais - Léon Trégor Basket 29. Whitney Miguel : « La priorité, ne pas subir » |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/basket/spanl2f-cob-calais-leon-tregor-basket-29span-whitney-miguel-la-priorite-ne-pas-subir-1826987.php |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr-FR |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120145915/https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/basket/spanl2f-cob-calais-leon-tregor-basket-29span-whitney-miguel-la-priorite-ne-pas-subir-1826987.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
Miguel debuted for the Angola women's national basketball team at the <bdi>2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women,</bdi><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-17 |title=ANG - Mpaka and Miguel to debut for Angola at AfroBasket Women 2013 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/ang-mpaka-and-miguel-to-debut-for-angola-at-afrobasket-women-2013 |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-13 |title=ANG - Mpaka, the piece Angola needed |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/ang-mpaka-the-piece-angola-needed |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitney Miguel - Retour aux racines - épisode 1 |url=http://confessions-de-sportifs.com/whitney-miguel-retour-aux-racines-episode-1/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Confessions de sportifs |language=fr-FR |archive-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114221532/http://confessions-de-sportifs.com/whitney-miguel-retour-aux-racines-episode-1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Angolan Women National Team 2013 |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Angola/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Women=1&Year=2013 |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=AfroBasket}}</ref> The team won gold with 64-61 points.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-30 |title=A look back at AfroBasket Women 2013 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/a-look-back-at-afrobasket-women-2013 |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en}}</ref>
Miguel did not play for Angola at the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship for Women,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lasser |first=Thibaut |date=2014-09-16 |title=Whitney MIGUEL (Angola) n'ira pas au Mondial |url=https://www.postup.fr/2014/09/16/whitney-miguel-angola-nira-pas-au-mondial/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Postup.fr - Actualité du basketball féminin national et international |language=fr-FR |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126234818/https://www.postup.fr/2014/09/16/whitney-miguel-angola-nira-pas-au-mondial/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-19 |title=Moreira aims to close the competitive gap |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/moreira-aims-to-close-the-competitive-gap |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120151106/https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/moreira-aims-to-close-the-competitive-gap |url-status=live }}</ref> but returned to the Angolan national women's squad for the 2017 edition<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-11 |title=Eight former African champions added to Angola's final roster |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/womensafrobasket-2017-news-eight-former-african-champions-added-to-angola-final-roster |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Basketball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#7 Whitney Miguel |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/302-fiba-womens-afrobasket/6353/players/188611-whitney-miguel |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=FIBA Women's Afrobasket |language=en |archive-date=25 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625042134/https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/302-fiba-womens-afrobasket/6353/players/188611-whitney-miguel |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2021 edition of AfroBasket Women.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-12 |title=Angola names squad for FIBA women's Afrobasket 2021 in Cameroon |url=https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/271113721/angola-names-squad-for-fiba-womens-afrobasket-2021-in-cameroon |access-date=2026-01-07 |work=Big News Network |archive-date=21 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250721232929/https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/271113721/angola-names-squad-for-fiba-womens-afrobasket-2021-in-cameroon |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Whitney-MIGUEL-Angola Jérôme-LE-BRIS.jpg|thumb|Miguel playing for Angola against the France women's national basketball team in 2021]]
== Clubs ==
* 2007-2009: Stade Clermontois Auvergne Basket 63 * 2009-2010: Challes-les-Eaux Basketball [<nowiki/>fr] * 2010-2011: Avenir de Rennes [<nowiki/>fr] * 2011-2012: AL Aplemont Le Havre [<nowiki/>fr] * 2012-2015: Landerneau Bretagne Basket * 2015-2016: Le Creusot * 2016-2017: Roannais Basket Féminin [<nowiki/>fr] * 2017-2019: Saint Delphin Basket Villenave d'Ornon * 2019-2020: Sainte Savine Basketball * 2020-: Union Sportive La Glacerie
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://basketballplayerstats.com/player/ky0v9bWn/whitney-miguel Whitney Miguel] at Basketballplayerstats.com * [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Whitney-Miguel/France/Sainte-Savine-Basket/160565&Women=1 Whitney Miguel] at EuroBasket * {{FIBA profile|new_id=188611}} * [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/243730/whitney-miguel/games Whitney Miguel] at Proballers {{Angola squad FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2013}} {{Authority control}} {{Angola-basketball-bio-stub}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Miguel, Whitney}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Angolan women's basketball players Category:French women's basketball players Category:Stade Clermontois BF players Category:Angolan basketball biography stubs