Aicha Mara

{{Short description|Guinean basketball player (born 1996)}}

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| name = Aicha Mara

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| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

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| nationality = French, Guinean

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|24}}

| birth_place = Evreux, France

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| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2018

| career_start =2018

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| years1 = 2018-2019

| team1 = Pays Voironnais

| years2 = 2020-2021

| team2 = Monaco

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Aicha Mara (born 24 January 1996) is a French-Guinean basketball player who plays as a guard for Guinea women's national basketball team and the Monaco team in the French basketball league.

Career history

Mara played for Pays Voironnais basket club during the 2018–2019 season where she helped the team finish the season second in the league before being transferred to Monaco for the 2020–2021 season.{{Cite web |title=African Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings |url=https://www.afrobasket.com/Guinea/news/631902/Aicha-Mara-joins-Monaco?Women=1 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.afrobasket.com}} She have fronted 95 opponents in her basketball career.{{Cite web |last=Proballers |title=Aicha Mara Opponents |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/63009/aicha-mara/opponents |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Proballers |language=en}}

Guinea national team

Mara first represented Guinea in 2017 when she was called up for 2017 Women's Afrobasket. She was also part of the Guinea women's national basketball squad that played in the 2021 and 2023 Women's Afrobasket.{{Cite web |title=Aicha Mara - Player Profile |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/238623/Aicha-Mara |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=FIBA.basketball }}{{Cite web |title=Aicha MARA at the FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2021/player/Aicha-Mara |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Aicha MARA at the FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2023 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/fr/womensafrobasket/2023/player/Aicha-Mara |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=fr}} She ended the 2021 women's Afrobasket with 11 points per game, 3.3 rebounds per game, 1 assist per game, 2.7 steals per game and ended the 2023 women's Afrobasket with 5.7 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game, 2.3 assist per game and 1.5 steals per game.{{Cite web |title=Aicha Mara (Mara A.) - Player Profile - Basketball24.com |url=https://www.basketball24.com/player/mara-aicha/E5F1fbRB/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.basketball24.com |language=en}}

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