Macarena Aguilar

Macarena Aguilar Díaz
Personal information
Full nameMacarena Aguilar Díaz
Born12 March 1985
Bolaños de Calatrava, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight67 kilograms (148 lb)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current clubRostov-Don
Number15
Senior clubs
–2009
2009–2012
2012–2014
2014–2015
2015–
Sagunto
SD Itxako
Randers HK
Győri Audi ETO KC
Rostov-Don
National team
2004–Spain180 (530)[1]

Macarena Aguilar Díaz (born 12 March 1985)[2] is a Spanish handballer, playing for the club Rostov-Don[3] and the Spanish national team.[4]

Club career

Aguilar started her senior career at Balonmano Sagunto, where she stayed for eight years.[5] With Sagunto, she won every domestic competition: Spanish Championship, Spanish League Cup, Queen's Cup (Spanish: Copa de la Reina) and Spanish Supercup.[6]

In July 2009, she moved to Estella to play for Itxako.[5] Currently she plays for the Danish team Randers HK.

National team

Macarena Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.[7] She also competed at the 2008 European Championship,[8] where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating Germany in the semifinal.[9]

As of August 2009, Aguilar has played 88 matches[10] and scored 253 goals[11] for the national team.

References

  1. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. "Вице-чемпионка Европы Макарена Агилар подписала контракт с «Ростов-Доном»" (in Russian). donnews.ru. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. Gurbindo, Andrea (31 July 2009). "Macarena Aguilar, nueva incorporación del Itxako" (in Spanish). Diariodenavarra.es. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  6. Ambroš, Ivan (10 August 2009). "Itxako sign Macarena Aguilar". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  7. "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". Centro de Documentación y Exposición de los Juegos Mediterraneos. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  8. "Official squads, Women's EURO 2008. Spain team roster". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  9. "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  10. "Máximas Alineaciones" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  11. "Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 2 August 2009.