Macarena Aguilar

Macarena Aguilar
Aguilar in 2013
Personal information
Full name Macarena Aguilar Díaz
Born (1985-03-12) 12 March 1985
Bolaños de Calatrava, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001–2009
 Sagunto
2009–2012
 SD Itxako
2012–2014
 Randers HK
2014–2015
 Győri ETO KC
2015
 Rostov-Don
2015–2016
 Siófok KC
2016–2018
 Thüringer HC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2017
 Spain 240 (638)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2011 Brazil
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2008 Macedonia
Silver medal – second place2014 Croatia/Hungary
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 AlmeríaTeam

Macarena Aguilar Díaz[a] (born 12 March 1985)[1] is a Spanish former handball player who played for the Spanish national team.[2][3][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: the 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] Here she won the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Spanish championship.

She then joined Danish team Randers HK.[7] In 2014 she joined Hungarian Győri ETO KC.[8] Here she won the 2015 Hungarian cup. In the summer of 2015 she joined Russian Rostov-Don, but immediately returned to Hungary a month later in September and joined Siófok KC.[9][10]

From 2016 to 2018, she played for the German team Thüringer HC.[1] Here she won the 2018 German championship. Afterwards she retired from handball.[11]

National team

Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.[12] She won silver medals at the 2008 European Championship,[13] where the Spanish team reached the final after defeating Germany in the semifinal,[14] and the 2014 European Championship, where the team was defeated by Norway in the final.[15]

From 2004 to 2017, Aguilar played 240 matches and scored 638 goals for the national team.[16] She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[17] where the Spanish team placed third. She was also part of the Spanish team that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished 4th at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.[18][19]

Injuries and awards

Aguilar broke her nose five times during her career. She missed nine months of competition in 2008 due to a knee injury, and fractured a metatarsal bone on her foot at the 2012 European Championships. In 2013, she received the Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

References

  1. 1 2 "European Handball Federation - Macarena Aguilar Diaz / Player". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Gurbindo, Andrea (31 July 2009). "Macarena Aguilar, nueva incorporación del Itxako" (in Spanish). Diariodenavarra.es. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Macarena Aguilar. nbcolympics.com
  5. 1 2 "Itxako está muy cerca de fichar a la central Macarena Aguilar". Diario de Noticias (in Spanish). 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  6. ↑ Ambroš, Ivan (10 August 2009). "Itxako sign Macarena Aguilar". ehfcl.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Macarena Aguilar joins Randers!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "CL-Sieger Györ rüstet weiter auf" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Rostov mit weiterem Transfer aus Györ" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Aguilar zurück in Ungarn" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Newcomers could give THC the edge". ehfcl.com. European Handball Federation. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Handball – Medals by Event – Women". Centro de Documentación y Exposición de los Juegos Mediterraneos. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  13. ↑ "Official squads, Women's EURO 2008. Spain team roster". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  14. ↑ "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  15. ↑ "Norway win sixth EHF EURO gold". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "RFEBM - Real Federación Española de Balonmano" (in Spanish). R.F.E.BM. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Spain" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Hungary team sheet - XIX Women's World Championship 2009 China" (PDF). IHF. 5 December 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  19. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Macarena Aguilar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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