Mauricio Aguiar
| Hebraica y Macabi | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | Liga Uruguaya de Basketball |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 3, 1983 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2000–present |
| Career history | |
| URU | Cordon Atletico |
| ITA | Lauretana Biella |
| ITA | Sardegna Sassari |
| URU | Club Biguá |
| ITA | Vanoli Soresina |
| URU | Hebraica y Macabi |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Mauricio "El Pica” Aguiar (born February 3, 1983, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player. He is a longtime member of the Uruguay national basketball team and is currently playing professionally with Hebraica y Macabi of the Uruguayan Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
Professional career
[edit]Aguiar began his career for the Uruguay basketball league in 2000. He spent his first three years (2000–03) playing with Uruguayan team Cordon Atletico. After three solid seasons with the team, Aguiar declared for the 2003 NBA draft.[1] However, he went undrafted.
Following this, Aguiar moved to Italy to continue his career with Lauretana Biella of the Italian League. He saw little action off the bench in two seasons with the team, averaging only 4.0 points and 0.8 rebounds per game his first season and 5.3 points and 0.9 rebounds per game his second season.
Since 2006, Aguiar has bounced between teams in Uruguay and teams in Italy. In his most recent season, 2008–09, he began the year with Club Biguá in Uruguay, averaging 8.8 points and 3 rebounds per game for the club in the 2008-09 Americas League while playing alongside fellow Uruguay national basketball team members Leandro Garcia Morales and Martin Osimani.[2] In April, he was signed by Italian team Vanoli Soresina for the last 16 games of the team's season. Aguiar quickly jumped into the team's rotation, averaging 9.2 points and 21.3 minutes per game for the season.[3] Following the season, the team extended his contract for the 2009-10 season.[4]
National team career
[edit]Aguiar is a long-time member of the Uruguayan national basketball team. He has been selected for the Uruguayans for the last four continental championships, the 2003, 2005, 2007, and FIBA Americas Championship 2009.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Early Entry Candidates at cnnsi.com
- ^ Mauricio Aguiar at eurobasket.com
- ^ Profile at eurobasket.com
- ^ Aguiar Contract Extended[dead link]at latinbasket.com
- ^ FIBA profile
External links
[edit]- 1983 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Ciclista Olímpico players
- Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz basketball players
- Ferro Carril Oeste basketball players
- Obras Sanitarias basketball players
- Pallacanestro Biella players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay
- Regatas Corrientes basketball players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista basketball players
- Basketball players from Montevideo
- Uruguayan expatriate basketball people in Brazil
- Uruguayan expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Uruguayan men's basketball players
- Vanoli Cremona players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Forwards (basketball)
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen
- Hebraica Macabi players
- 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen