"The endless games in the street. I grew up in Naples, in the Pallonetto di Santa Lucia neighbourhood, a place where you quickly learn to survive. I was a lively, smart child. My mother was a stay-at-home mom, my father a railroad worker. We didn't eat much at home. Every now and then I helped my grandfather deliver chickens door to door; he owned a chicken shop. They taught me to live well with little."
"By chance. I was 13, my father was coaching me. A scout was in Agnano to check out another boy and spotted me. I was chubby, they called me 'panzerotto', but he immediately asked who I was. The funny thing is that before the last tryout I had back pain and almost didn't play. My father convinced me to play: I scored two goals in half an hour."
Antonio Nocerino grew up playing endless street games in the Pallonetto di Santa Lucia neighborhood of Naples, helping his grandfather deliver chickens and learning to live with little. A scout spotted him at 13 during a trial at Agnano; despite back pain he scored two goals and moved to Juventus. The move from Naples was emotionally difficult, but Juventus taught him discipline and seriousness. He played for clubs including Juventus, Genoa, AC Milan (2011–2016, scoring 10 goals in his debut season and making the Serie A team of the year), West Ham, Torino, Parma, Orlando City (MLS), and finished at Benevento in 2018 before starting a coaching career.
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