Juan Carlos Moreno Pérez (born September 28, 1975 in

Nueva Gerona Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049. History The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba a ...

) is a shortstop with

Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud (; en, Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Islan ...

and the Cuba national baseball team.

Career

Moreno is a mainstay on the national team, and made his international debut at the 1998 World Championships. Moreno played for the Cuban national team in the

1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series The 1999 Baltimore Orioles – Cuba national baseball team exhibition series consisted of two exhibition games played between the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Cuba national baseball team on March 28 and May 3, 199 ...

. He was also on the roster for the

2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto ...

References

1975 births Living people Cuban baseball players People from Nueva Gerona 2006 World Baseball Classic players {{cuba-baseball-shortstop-stub Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball