William Enrique Lucena Amato (born October 1, 1981) is a former
Venezuelan-born
Italian baseball right-handed
pitcher who competed in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. He was born in
Maracaibo
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In between, Lucena pitched for the
Comcor Modena and
T & A San Marino
San Marino Baseball Club is a professional domestic baseball club based in San Marino. As of August 2021, they compete in Serie A1, the top tier of Italian baseball. Their current commercial name is T & A San Marino, because the team is primarily ...
clubs of the
Italian Baseball League in a span of nine seasons from 2000–2008.
Besides, he also pitched for the Italian national team in the
2002 Intercontinental Cup
The 2002 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 3 December 2002, between Real Madrid of Spain, winners of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, and Olimpia of Paraguay, winners of the 2002 Copa Libertadores. The match was ...
,
2003 Baseball World Cup
The 2003 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 35th 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 the ...
,
2003 European Baseball Championship
The 2003 European Baseball Championship was won and hosted by the Netherlands.
Standings
European Baseball Championship
European Baseball Championship
2003
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, and
2008 European Cup.
Sources
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1981 births
Living people
Baseball pitchers
Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Italian people of Venezuelan descent
Olympic baseball players for Italy
Modena Baseball Club players
Baseball players from Maracaibo
T & A San Marino players
Expatriate baseball players in San Marino