Antonio Nocerino

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Antonio Nocerino
Full name	Antonio Nocerino
Date of birth	April 9, 1985 (1985-04-09) (age 23)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Palermo
Number	-
Youth clubs
?-2002 2002-2003	Juventus Avellino (loan)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-	Avellino (loan) Genoa (co-ownership) Catanzaro (loan) Crotone (loan) Messina (loan) Piacenza (co-ownership) Juventus Palermo	34 (0) 05 (0) 21 (0) 15 (0) 11 (0) 37 (6) 32 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
2004 2004-2005 2006-2007 2007- 2008	Italy U-19 Italy U-20 Italy U-21 Italy Olympic team	7 (0) 16 (0) 10 (0) 1 (0) 6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 29, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Antonio Nocerino (born April 9, 1985 in Naples) is an Italian football (soccer) midfielder. He currently plays for Palermo.

He started his career at Juventus and, after a loan spell at U.S. Avellino, Genoa C.F.C. bought him in a co-ownership deal, as Domenico Criscito went to Turin. In July 2007 Juventus, who held 50% of the player's rights, bought the remainder from Piacenza, paying 3.7 million €.

He played for Italy's U-20 in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and with their U-21 in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, starting in a combined 7 matches. He received his first call up to Italy's national team by Roberto Donadoni October 17, 2007 in a friendly with South Africa.

Nocerino will play 2008–09 with Palermo, being signed as part of the deal that brought Amauri to join the bianconeri.