Antonio Nocerino

  
Antonio Nocerino (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔnjo notʃe'rino]; born 9 April 1985 in Naples) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan and the Italian national team.Antonio Nocerino was born in Naples, Southern Italy on the 9 April 1985 to Ciro and Giovanna.

Juventus And Early Career

He started his career at Juventus and, after a loan spell at U.S. Avellino, Genoa bought him in a co-ownership deal, as part of Domenico Criscito and Francesco Volpe went to Turin. He was priced €450,000 for half of his rights. In June 2006 the co-ownership deal was renewed, but soon sold to Piacenza in July for undisclosed fees from Genoa.
In July 2007 Juventus, who held 50% of the player's rights, bought the remainder from Piacenza, for €3.7M.

Palermo

He was transferred from Juventus to Palermo in a transfer package deal for Amauri for the 2008-2009 season which Nocerino was priced €7.5M. He signed a 4-year contract. Despite some initial difficulties, he became an integral part of the Palermo's midfield.

Milan

On 31 August 2011, the last day of the Italian transfer window and only an hour before the window ended, he joined Milan on a five year contract, for €500,000. He made his debut for the Milan based club in the first 2011-12 Serie A game of the season (on 9 September) coming on as a late substitute for fellow debutante Alberto Aquilani. He made his UEFA Champions League debut in the next game on the 12 September, when Milan drew 2-2 against FC Barcelona. On 15 October 2011 he scored his first goal in the home match won 3–0 against his former club Palermo, completing a great team move lead by Antonio Cassano and Robinho. Due to the injury crisis, he played every match for Milan, until suspended on 6 November for the fourth caution (yellow card). On 26 October, 2011, Nocerino notched a hat-trick for Milan in a 4-1 win against Parma. It was his first hat-trick in his career and came 3 days after team mate Kevin-Prince Boateng scored a hat-trick against U.S. Lecce. Since his move from Palermo, Nocerino has established himself as a regular goalscorer in A.C. Milan: as of 23rd of December, he is the second top scorer coming second to only Ibrahimovic.

International Career

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. Nocerino also captained the U-21's triumphing over Chile to win the Toulon tournament for the first time for the Azzurrini. He also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as captain of Italy's Olympic squad. He received his first call up to Italy's national team by Roberto Donadoni In 17 October 2007 in a friendly with South Africa.