Elisabeth Aguilar López (born 15 October 1976) is a former

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player, member of the Spanish women's basketball team. After four years at

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, she spent most of her senior career in Spanish clubs ( Real Canoe NC, Halcón Viajes Salamanca, Caja Rural Canarias, Ros Casares Valencia and Rivas Ecópolis, with just a couple of stints abroad: 2002 at

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and 2012-13 at

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. She won five Spanish Leagues, eight Spanish Cups and six medals with the Spanish senior team, retiring as European champion in

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Club career

Elisa Aguilar started playing at home town of

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, at Real Canoe NC youth levels, making her debut in the top tier of the Spanish League with the senior team at 16. She played in several Spanish clubs from 1998 to 2001, when she moved to the

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to complete a college degree and at the same time play for the

team. She continued most of her career in Europe (Spain, Russia), also playing for the

in 2002.

National team

She made her debut with

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at the age of 20. She played with the senior team for 17 years, from 1996 to 2013. She is one of the most capped players with a total of 222 caps and 5.3 PPG. She retired from the national team at the age of 36 with the gold medal at the 2013 Eurobasket. She participated in two Olympic Games ( Athens 2004,

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), three

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and seven

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: *

1993 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women (''youth'') * Silver medal icon

1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women (''youth'') *5th

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*5th 1998 World Championship * Bronze_medal_europe

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*6th

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2005 Eurobasket *8th 2006 World Championship * Silver_medal_europe

2007 Eurobasket *5th

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2010 World Championship *9th 2011 Eurobasket * Gold_medal_europe

2013 Eurobasket

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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References

1976 births Living people Basketball players from Madrid Spanish women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Spain Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Point guards {{Spain-basketball-bio-stub