Antonio Hidalgo (footballer, born 1979)

Antonio Hidalgo
Personal information
Full name Antonio Hidalgo Morilla
Date of birth (1979-02-08) 8 February 1979
Place of birth Granollers, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1993 Granollers
1993–1997 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Barcelona C 43 (10)
1998–2000 Barcelona B 66 (4)
2000–2005 Tenerife 91 (8)
2005–2008 Málaga 109 (28)
2008–2009 Zaragoza 16 (0)
2009 → Osasuna (loan) 12 (0)
2009–2010 Albacete 33 (9)
2010–2011 Tenerife 29 (3)
2012–2015 Sabadell 114 (11)
2015 Cornellà 5 (0)
Total 518 (73)
National team
1997 Spain U17 4 (0)
1997 Spain U18 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Antonio Hidalgo Morilla (born 8 February 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.

During 17 seasons as a professional, he appeared in 412 games in Segunda División, scoring 57 goals for six clubs, mainly Tenerife (five years) and Sabadell (four). In La Liga, he represented Tenerife, Málaga and Osasuna.

Football career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Hidalgo began starting professionally with FC Barcelona's reserve side, then went on to represent CD Tenerife for five seasons. After being an important element during the team's 2001 promotion, he played ten games in the following campaign's La Liga).

Hidalgo moved to Málaga CF in 2005, appearing in 35 matches as the Andalusia outfit was eventually relegated from the top division, as last. On 15 June 2008, he scored two goals in a 2–1 victory over former club Tenerife, granting his team's top flight promotion after a two-year absence at the expense of Real Sociedad;[1] he finished the season with 14 league goals, best in the squad.[2]

However, Hidalgo would stay in the second division, signing a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza.[3] In late January 2009 he joined struggling CA Osasuna, on loan until the end of the season,[4] and appeared regularly, although very rarely as a starter, as the Navarrese eventually stayed in the top level.

Upon his return to Aragon, Hidalgo was deemed surplus to requirements; in the dying minutes of the August 2009 transfer window he arranged a 1+1 deal with Albacete Balompié, in the second level. However, at the end of his first and only season, the 31-year-old was one of 14 players who were not given a contract extension, being released.[5]

References

  1. ↑ El Málaga vuelve al jardín de los ricos (Málaga returns to garden of Eden); Diario AS, 16 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Un gran bloque con el estilete de Antonio Hidalgo (A solid block with Antonio Hidalgo's signature mark); Málaga Hoy, 22 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Antonio Hidalgo ficha por el Zaragoza para las dos próximas temporadas (Antonio Hidalgo signs with Zaragoza for the following two seasons); Diario AS, 1 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Antonio Hidalgo llega cedido a Osasuna (Antonio Hidalgo arrives at Osasuna on loan); Marca, 27 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Albacete da la baja a 14 jugadores, entre ellos a Salva (Albacete releases 14 players, Salva included); Diario AS, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
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