Born in
Granollers,
Barcelona,
Catalonia, Hidalgo began starting professionally with
Barcelona's
reserves, then went on to represent
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 in the summer of 2005, appearing in 35 matches in his first year as the
Andalusia side
finished bottom and were relegated. On 15 June 2008, he scored two goals in a 2–1 victory over former club Tenerife, granting
top-flight promotion after a two-year absence at the expense of
Real Sociedad; he finished the season with 14 league goals, best in the squad. Hidalgo stayed in the
Segunda División, however, signing a two-year contract with
Real Zaragoza. In late January 2009, he joined struggling
Osasuna on loan until the end of
the campaign, and appeared regularly although very rarely as a starter as the
Navarrese eventually stayed in the top division. Upon his return to
Aragon, Hidalgo was deemed surplus to requirements. In the dying minutes of the August 2009
transfer window, he arranged a one-year deal with second-tier club
Albacete with the option of an additional year; at the end of his
only season, the 31-year-old was one of 14 players who were not given a contract extension, being released. Hidalgo then had a spell at
Tenerife, suffering relegation in his
sole season before joining
Sabadell of his native region in January 2012, shortly before turning 33. In March 2014, the
captain extended his stay with the
Arlequinats for another year. When his contract ended, he played for several weeks with
Cornellà in the
Segunda División B before retiring in November 2015, immediately becoming a youth team coach. ==Coaching career==