[3][4] Having spent his early career at a string of lower-league and reserve teams, he became a regular at Almería, helping them to promotion to La Liga, and also won the Europa League with Sevilla before signing for Barcelona in 2015 for €17 million.

[19] On 7 May 2015, in a game in which he featured as right-back until Coke entered the field in the 58th minute – he was often used by manager Unai Emery in that position during the campaign[20][21]– Vidal scored twice and also provided an assist to Kevin Gameiro, in a 3–0 home win over ACF Fiorentina in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League.

[26] Due to an embargo placed on the club by FIFA for breaking rules on signing under-age foreign players, he was not permitted to appear in competitive games until January 2016.

[27] Vidal made his official debut for the Blaugrana on 6 January 2016, replacing Dani Alves midway through the second half of a 4–1 home victory against former club Espanyol in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

[29][30][31] On 14 January 2017, profiting from the absence of habitual starting right-back Sergi Roberto, Vidal opened his league account for Barcelona, contributing to a 5–0 rout of UD Las Palmas at the Camp Nou.

[38] Vidal made his debut for Catalonia on 30 December 2013, playing the second half of a 4–1 win over Cape Verde at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

[39] On 26 May 2015, he and Sevilla teammate Sergio Rico were the two players called up to the Spanish national team for the first time, ahead of a friendly against Costa Rica and a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Belarus.