Sharleen Makusha

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sharleen Makusha
Personal information
Born (1997-12-28) 28 December 1997 (age 24)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Occupation netball player
Netball career
Playing position(s): goal keeper
Years Club team(s) Apps

Sharleen Makusha (born 28 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean netball player who represents Zimbabwe internationally and plays in the position of goal keeper.[1][2]

Early life[]

Makusha was born in 1997 and her first interest was soccer. However her skills and height attracted the attention of netball coach . Makusha won her parents support for her new interest when she won a scholarship to Pamushana Mission school in Masvingo where she repeated two years of schooling and developed her netball skills.[3]

Career[]

In 2018, she was included in the national under 21 team to attend the World Cup in Botswana.[3]

In 2018, she was playing for the Platinum Queens in Zvishavane[3] with fellow national team player .[4] Makusha was chosen together with other ex under 21 players Claris Kwaramba and Sharon Bwanali to be part of the 2019 Netball World Cup team.[5] Her height created some discussion[3] when she was a member of the Zimbabwean squad which finished at eighth position during the 2019 Netball World Cup, which was historically Zimbabwe's first ever appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament.[6]

She was included in the Zimbabwean Gems squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sharleen Makusha". Netball World Cup. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ "Sharleen Makusha". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. ^ a b c d Mail, The Sunday. "Makusha divides opinion". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  4. ^ Chisiri, Obediah (2019-03-29). "Glow RANL players retained in Zim netball team". sportwaynewsnet. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  5. ^ Mhlanga, Ellina (2019-07-23). "Zimbabwe: Mutsauki Stresses Need for Continuity". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  7. ^ "Gems to leave for Africa Netball Championships 2019". chronicle. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Retrieved from ""