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Macarena Aguilar
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 careerAguilar 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] From 2016 to 2018, she played for the German team Thüringer HC.[1] National teamAguilar won a gold medal with the Spanish national team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.[7] She won silver medals at the 2008 European Championship,[8] where the Spanish team reached the final after defeating Germany in the semifinal,[9] and the 2014 European Championship, where the team was defeated by Norway in the final.[10] From 2004 to 2017, Aguilar played 240 matches and scored 638 goals for the national team.[11] She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[12] 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.[13] Injuries and awardsAguilar 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
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