Mauricio "El Pica” Aguiar (born February 3, 1983, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan professional basketball player.

Following this, Aguiar moved to Italy to continue his career with Lauretana Biella of the Italian League.

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.

Aguiar quickly jumped into the team's rotation, averaging 9.2 points and 21.3 minutes per game for the season.

[4] Aguiar is a long-time member of the Uruguayan national basketball team.