.jpg) Hidalgo withAEK Larnaca in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Hidalgo Morilla | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Granollers, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo La Coruña (manager) | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | Granollers | ||
| 2019–2021 | Sabadell | ||
| 2022–2023 | Sevilla B | ||
| 2023–2025 | Huesca | ||
| 2025– | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antonio Hidalgo Morilla (born 6 February 1979) is a Spanish formerfootballer who played as acentral midfielder, currentlymanager ofSegunda División clubDeportivo de La Coruña.
Over 17 seasons as a professional, he appeared in 412 games in theSegunda División, scoring 57 goals for six clubs, mainlyTenerife (five years) andSabadell (four). InLa Liga, he represented Tenerife,Málaga andOsasuna.
Hidalgo started working as a manager in 2016.
Born inGranollers,Barcelona,Catalonia, Hidalgo began starting professionally withBarcelona'sreserves, then went on to representTenerife for five seasons. After being an important element during the team's2001 promotion, he played ten games in thefollowing campaign'sLa Liga.
Hidalgo moved toMálaga in the summer of 2005, appearing in 35 matches in his first year as theAndalusia sidefinished bottom and were relegated. On 15 June 2008, he scored two goals in a 2–1 victory over former club Tenerife, grantingtop-flight promotion after a two-year absence at the expense ofReal Sociedad;[1] he finished the season with 14 league goals, best in the squad.[2]
Hidalgo stayed in theSegunda División, however, signing a two-year contract withReal Zaragoza.[3] In late January 2009, he joined strugglingOsasuna on loan until the end ofthe campaign,[4] and appeared regularly although very rarely as a starter as theNavarrese eventually stayed in the top division.
Upon his return toAragon, Hidalgo was deemed surplus to requirements. In the dying minutes of the August 2009transfer window, he arranged a one-year deal with second-tier clubAlbacete with the option of an additional year; at the end of hisonly season, the 31-year-old was one of 14 players who were not given a contract extension, being released.[5]
Hidalgo then had a spell atTenerife, suffering relegation in hissole season before joiningSabadell of his native region in January 2012, shortly before turning 33.[6] In March 2014, thecaptain extended his stay with theArlequinats for another year.[7] When his contract ended, he played for several weeks withCornellà in theSegunda División B before retiring in November 2015, immediately becoming a youth team coach.[8]
In April 2016, Hidalgo assumed his first senior management job atGranollers.[9] After avoiding the drop, he left theTercera División side at the end ofthe campaign a month later, joining his compatriotImanol Idiakez's staff atAEK Larnaca in theCypriot First Division.[10][11]
Hidalgo left his Larnaca contract a year early in April 2019, tasked with keeping his former employers Sabadell in the third level withseven games to go.[12] He achieved it and, thefollowing season, he ended a five-year exile from the second tier on 26 July 2020 with a 2–1playoff final win over Barcelona B.[13]
Sabadell were relegated back to division three at the end of the2020–21 campaign by the margin of a single point. Hidalgo kept his job, but on 20 November 2021, with the team in thePrimera División RFEF relegation places, he was dismissed.[14]
On 19 October 2022, Hidalgo was appointed manager ofSevilla B, bottom in theSegunda Federación,[15] eventually managing toavoid relegation.[16] He returned to the second tier one year later, signing forHuesca.[17]
On 27 May 2024, havingaverted relegation, Hidalgo's contract was automatically extended for a further season.[18] One year later, he announced his departure from the club.[19]
On 10 June 2025, Hidalgo became head coach of fellow second division sideDeportivo de La Coruña on a one-year deal.[20]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Granollers | 12 April 2016 | 25 May 2016 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 040.00 | [21] |
| Sabadell | 2 April 2019 | 20 November 2021 | 96 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 100 | 100 | +0 | 034.38 | [22] |
| Sevilla B | 19 October 2022 | 11 October 2023 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 048.48 | [23] |
| Huesca | 11 October 2023 | 1 June 2025 | 80 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 94 | 74 | +20 | 040.00 | [24] |
| Deportivo La Coruña | 10 June 2025 | Present | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 051.72 | [25] |
| Career total | 243 | 98 | 66 | 79 | 290 | 235 | +55 | 040.33 | — | ||