Sharleen Makusha
{{short description|Zimbabwean netball player}}
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Sharleen Makusha (born 28 December 1997) is a Zimbabwean netball player who represents Zimbabwe internationally and plays in the position of goal keeper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/people/sharleen-makusha//|title=Sharleen Makusha|last=|first=|date=|website=Netball World Cup|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/player/sharleen-makusha/|title=Sharleen Makusha|website=Netball Draft Central|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-09}}
Early life
Makusha was born in 1997 and her first interest was soccer. However her skills and height attracted the attention of netball coach Simbarashe Mlambo. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/makusha-divides-opinion|title=Makusha divides opinion|last=Mail|first=The Sunday|website=The Sunday Mail|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-20}}
Career
In 2018, she was included in the national under 21 team to attend the World Cup in Botswana.
In 2018, she was playing for the Platinum Queens in Zvishavane with fellow national team player Progress Moyo.{{Cite web|url=https://sportwaynewsnet.wordpress.com/2019/03/29/glow-ranl-players-retained-in-zim-netball-team/|title=Glow RANL players retained in Zim netball team|last=Chisiri|first=Obediah|date=2019-03-29|website=sportwaynewsnet|language=en|access-date=2019-09-20}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201907230170.html|title=Zimbabwe: Mutsauki Stresses Need for Continuity|last=Mhlanga|first=Ellina|date=2019-07-23|website=allAfrica.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-20}} Her height created some discussion 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.{{Cite web|url=https://netball.draftcentral.com.au/team/zimbabwe/|title=Zimbabwe|website=Netball Draft Central|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-09}}
She was included in the Zimbabwean Gems squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/gems-to-leave-for-africa-netball-championships/|title=Gems to leave for Africa Netball Championships 2019|website=chronicle|access-date=25 October 2019}}
References
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Category:Zimbabwean netball players