Macarena Aguilar Díaz (born 12 March 1985) is a Spanish former

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player who played for the Spanish national team.Macarena Aguilar
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Club career

Aguilar started her senior career at Balonmano Sagunto, where she stayed for eight years. With Sagunto, she won every domestic competition: the Spanish Championship, Spanish League Cup,

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( es, Copa de la Reina) and Spanish Supercup. In July 2009, she moved to

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to play for Itxako. From 2016 to 2018, she played for the German team

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National team

Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish national team at the

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. She won silver medals at the 2008 European Championship, where the Spanish team reached the final after defeating

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in the semifinal, and the 2014 European Championship, where the team was defeated by

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in the final. From 2004 to 2017, Aguilar played 240 matches and scored 638 goals for the national team. She competed at the

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in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third. She was also part of the Spanish team that won bronze at the

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and the 2011 World Championship.

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

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on her foot at the 2012 European Championships. In 2013, she received the Bronze Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.

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