Macarena Aguilar


Macarena Aguilar Díaz is a Spanish handballer member of the Spanish national team.

Club career

Aguilar started her senior career at Balonmano Sagunto, where she stayed for eight years. With Sagunto, she won every domestic competition: Spanish Championship, Spanish League Cup, Queen's Cup and Spanish Supercup. In July 2009, she moved to Estella to play for Itxako. Currently she plays for the German team Thüringer HC.

National team

Macarena Aguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería. She also competed at the 2008 European Championship, where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating Germany in the semifinal.
As of August 2009, Aguilar has played 88 matches and scored 253 goals for the national team. She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, where the Spanish team placed third. She was also part of the Spanish team that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 World Championship.

Injuries and awards

Aguilar broke her nose five times during her career. She lost nine months of competitions 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.