After four years at George Washington Colonials, 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 Utah Starzz and 2012-13 at WBC Spartak Moscow Region.

Elisa Aguilar started playing at home town of Madrid, at Real Canoe NC youth levels, making her debut in the top tier of the Spanish League with the senior team at 16.

She continued most of her career in Europe (Spain, Russia), also playing for the Utah Starzz in 2002.

She made her debut with Spain women's national basketball team at the age of 20.

[1] She retired from the national team at the age of 36 with the gold medal at the 2013 Eurobasket.