Mauricio Aguiar

Mauricio Aguiar

Hebraica y Macabi
Position	Forward
League	Liga Uruguaya de Basketball
Personal information
Born	(1983-02-03) February 3, 1983 Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality	Uruguayan
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
NBA draft	2003 / Undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
Cordon Atletico (URU) Lauretana Biella (ITA) Sardegna Sassari (ITA) Club Biguá (URU) Vanoli Soresina (ITA) Hebraica y Macabi (URU)
Medals Representing Uruguay Men's basketball Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro National team South American Basketball Championship 2003 Montevideo National team 2006 Caracas National team 2008 Puerto Montt National team 2010 Neiva National team 2012 Resistencia National team

Mauricio 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

Pro career

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. 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. 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. Following the season, the team extended his contract for the 2009-10 season.

Uruguayan national team

Aguiar is a long-time member of the Uruguay 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.