Máximo Aylagas Herrera

Máximo Aylagas Herrera (15 December 1916 – 28 February 1993) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Barcelona in the early 1940s.

Career Early career Born on a farm near Osma in the province of Soria on 15 December 1916, Aylagas was only six months old when his family moved to the Sant Andreu neighborhood of Barcelona, where he began his career in the youth ranks of UE Sant Andreu.

FC Barcelona After a brief stint at Gràcia FC, Aylagas joined Granollers in 1939, with whom he played 13 Segunda División matches. Before the end of the season, in March 1940, he was signed by Barcelona, making his debut with the first team in a friendly match against his former club Sant Andreu on 5 May, In doing so, he became the first Soria native to play for Barcelona.

Aylagas then played one season each at Guíxols (1951–52) and Vic (1952–53). Shortly before his 36th birthday in December 1952, he stated in an interview that he had "never played as comfortably as he did now among the kids". The following year, in 1954, he played a few matches with the veterans' team of Gimnàstic.

Later life and death After retiring, Aylagas began working at the City Council of Barcelona, where he died on 28 February 1993, at the age of 76. He had three sons, with one of them becoming a professional.