Years Team Name Antonio Morilla Height 1.83 m Current team UE Cornella | Role Footballer Weight 74 kg | |
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Full name Antonio Hidalgo Morilla Date of birth (1979-02-08) 8 February 1979 (age 36) | ||
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; he finished the season with 14 league goals, best in the squad.
However, Hidalgo would stay in the second division, signing a two-year contract with Real Zaragoza. In late January 2009 he joined struggling CA Osasuna, on loan until the end of the season, 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.