Antonio (Rodriguez) Noguera (born February 26, 1988) is a professional baseball player, who is with Nettuno Baseball City of the Italian Baseball League. He was born in Venezuela and signed as an amateur free agent by the

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

in 2005 and started his career with their Venezuelan Summer League team. After playing in the Astros low minors through 2009 he was released. He played in Spain for the Marins Puerto Cruz in 2010 and played in Italy for the

Novara United The Novara Baseball is a professional baseball franchise based in the city of Novara in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of ...

in 2011–2012. He played for the

Spain national baseball team The Spain national baseball team is the national team of Spain. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation. It is a member nation of the Confédération Européenne de Baseball, or Confederation of European Baseball. The ...

in the

2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through ...

, 2010 European Championship,

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

, and the

2019 European Baseball Championship The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament contributed ...

. He then played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019.

References

External links

1988 births Baseball pitchers Living people 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2019 European Baseball Championship players Greeneville Astros players Tri-City ValleyCats players Lexington Legends players Leones del Caracas players Novara United players Tiburones de La Guaira players Unipol Bologna players Venezuelan Summer League Astros players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States {{Venezuela-baseball-pitcher-stub