Anthony Noreiga

{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago footballer}} '''Anthony Noreiga''' is a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]]ian footballer who was with [[Joe Public F.C.]] Noreiga joined the [[Trinidad and Tobago national football team]] for the [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]. He attended [[George Mason University]] in [[Fairfax, Virginia]] for university where he scored 4 goals, had 2 assists, and was awarded Colonial Athletic Association's defender of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=58c1fd41-fddf-42c3-b659-d089b4b0fea9 |title=Whitecaps add depth, lock up Jones, Noreiga |work=The Vancouver Sun Newspaper |first=Dan |last=Stinson |date=April 8, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612030558/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=58c1fd41-fddf-42c3-b659-d089b4b0fea9 |archivedate=June 12, 2014 |df= }}</ref> Prior to this he attended University of Mobile. He is from South Trinidad and is the first son of Cecile & Roy Noreiga. He has been married for more than 15 years & his 1st son's name is Antonio Allen-Noreiga, 2nd son's name is Adriano Noreiga, only daughter is Sian Noreiga & his wife is Simone Allen-Noreiga.

He was signed by the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986-2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] on April 8, 2006 and appeared 16 times with 518 minutes while notching one goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=58c1fd41-fddf-42c3-b659-d089b4b0fea9 |title=Whitecaps add depth, lock up Jones, Noreiga |work=The Vancouver Sun Newspaper |first=Dan |last=Stinson |date=April 8, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612030558/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=58c1fd41-fddf-42c3-b659-d089b4b0fea9 |archivedate=June 12, 2014 |df= }}</ref>

He was injured in the Gold Cup Game against the United States of America in 2007. After declining an offer from Kansas City Wizards & playing with Joe Public FC he then was signed to T&Tec FC.

==Sources== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303045546/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/noreiga_anthony00.html Anthony Noreiga] – cstv.com

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