[3] In late January 2009, he joined struggling CA Osasuna on loan until the end of the campaign,[4] and appeared regularly although very rarely as a starter as the Navarrese eventually stayed in the top division.

In the dying minutes of the August 2009 transfer window he arranged a 1+1 deal with second-tier club Albacete Balompié; 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.

[5] Hidalgo then had a spell at CD Tenerife, suffering relegation in his sole season before joining CE Sabadell FC of his native region in January 2012, shortly before turning 33.

[7] When his contract ended, he played for several weeks with UE Cornellà in the Segunda División B before retiring in November 2015, immediately becoming a youth team coach.

[9] After avoiding the drop, he left the Tercera División side at the end of the campaign a month later, joining his compatriot Imanol Idiakez's staff at AEK Larnaca FC in the Cypriot First Division.