Santiago Hidalgo
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Hidalgo Massa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Toulouse | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| San Lorenzo | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Independiente | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Independiente | 38 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Toulouse | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Argentina U17 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Santiago Hidalgo Massa (born 17 February 2005) is an Argentine footballer currently playing as a forward for Ligue 1 club Toulouse.
Club career
Hidalgo had a brief spell with San Lorenzo, before joining Independiente at the age of eleven.[2]
In September 2022, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide.[3]
On 31 July 2025, Hidalgo signed for French side Toulouse for a transfer sum of €2.50m.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 21 April 2026[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Argentine Primera División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Argentine Primera División | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
| Toulouse | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 63 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 8 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 Santiago Hidalgo at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Verona, Favio (10 March 2022). "Santiago Hidalgo, la promesa que ilusiona al Rojo" [Santiago Hidalgo, the promise that excites the Red]. ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (28 September 2022). "Next Generation 2022: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ "Officiel : Santiago Hidalgo a signé au TFC ! - LesViolets.Com". www.lesviolets.com (in French). 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ Santiago Hidalgo at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago del Estero
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ligue 1 players
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Toulouse FC players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football forward stubs