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Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!!

Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 34 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 19 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team of the player, their opponents for this week, the time in minutes they played, their match contribution in goal(s) or assist(s), and the final score of the game.

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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	Time	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Tottenham	Man Utd (CUP)	/	/	0-0
David Di Michele	West Ham	Man City	87	/	1-0
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	@M’Boro	(bench)	/	0-2
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	St. Mirren	/	/	7-0
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	@Aberdeen	90	/	0-0
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	@Hamburg	90	/	3-1
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	@Hamburg	(bench)	/	3-1
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	@W.Bremen	90	/	0-0
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@W.Bremen	(injd)	/	0-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Espanyol	90	/	2-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Ath. Bilbao	(bench)	/	2-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Valladolid	90	/	1-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal	@Betis	82	/	2-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Rennes	90	/	1-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	St. Etienne	(injd)	/	2-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Groningen	82	2 GOALS	3-0
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GREECE
Stefano Napoleoni	Levadiakos	Iraklis	70	1 GOAL	3-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	@Charleroi	90	/	0-3
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Charleroi	90	/	0-3
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Vaduz	(bench)	/	5-0
Pasquale Sbarra	Grasshoppers	@Aarau	/	/	3-0
Giuseppe Aquaro	Aarau	Grasshoppers	35	/	0-3
Jacopo Ravasi	Lucerne	Basel	2	/	1-2
Carlo Zotti	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	90	/	2-0
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	/	/	2-0
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	(bench)	/	2-0
Luigi Beghetto	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	77	1 GOAL	2-0
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	/	/	2-0
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	90	/	2-0
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	/	/	2-0
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	90	/	2-0
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	Neuchatel	(bench)	/	2-0
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	@Konyaspor	90	/	1-0
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	/	SEASON	OVER	/

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Heroes of the week

We’re back to goalscoring prowess in IPAtW, only this time it doesn’t take us to our usual destinations. In fact, why don’t we take this opportunity to explore the “less ordinary” leagues Europe has to offer.

You know, I’d really love to tell you the reason why AZ Alkmaar are doing so well in the Eredivisie at the moment, is our very own Graziano Pellè. I’d really love to. Of course that would be a lie, but I’d still love to. The truth is Graziano isn’t exactly a favorite of Luis Van Gaal’s: more often he ends up watching his team’s games from the bench than actually actively participating in them. This week however, full glory must be bestowed upon the ex-U21 striker, for his two goals vs. Groningen largely contributed to AZ’s consolidation as league leaders in the Dutch championship. Take that Van Gaal, and please give our Italian boy a little more action (uhm… that sounded… dirty, didn’t it).

From Holland we move on to Greece: remember our good buddy Stefano Napoleoni? Sure you do! He was actively trying to keep Widzew Łódź in the Polish top division, scoring left and right last year? Unfortunately despite Stefano’s goals Lodz couldn’t avoid the drop, so our buddy moved on to greener pastures to… Levadiakos (yeah, bit obscure I know, but hey… Widzew wasn’t exactly mainstream either). But more good news? Not only is Mr. Napoleoni playing… he’s scoring too, this week contributing to Levadiakos’s 3-0 victory over Iraklis.

Lastly, we don’t get the chance to travel to Switzerland very often do we? Particularly, we’re going to Bellinzona today, capital of canton Ticino. There’s a whole bunch of Italians playing here, including one of Bruno Conti’s sons, Andrea (his other son Daniele plays for Cagliari in Serie A). We’re not talking about Andrea this week though, but midfielder Luigi Beghetto. This 36-year old forward (who counts a number of appearances in Serie A with Chievo & Treviso) scored in AC Bellinzona’s 2-0 win over Neuchatel Xamax Saturday, so yay for him!

Tags: Graziano Pellè, Italian Players Around the World, Luigi Beghetto, Stefano Napoleoni

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