<Italian Players Around the World (11/02)

Italian Players Around the World (11/02)

February 13th, 2008 by Marco Pantanella

Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues.

Luca Toni’s penalty shot saved by Werder Bremen goalkeeper, Tim Wiese

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 22 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 11 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team the player belongs to, their opponents for the week, the number of minutes they played, their contribution (goal, assist), and the final score of the game.
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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	mins.	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	Liverpool	(bench)	/	0-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Aberdeen	N/A	/	5-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	W.Bremen	90	1 assist	1-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Valladolid	90	/	7-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Murcia	60	/	1-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Santander	90	/	2-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Sevilla	N/A	/	1-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Barcelona	7	/	1-1
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Barcelona	(bench)	/	1-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Betis	90	/	3-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Espanyol	90	/	2-1
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Ath. Bilbao	(injd.)	/	0-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Sochaux	52	/	4-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Lille	90	/	0-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@NEC	45	/	2-5
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Lokeren	90	/	2-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@Lokeren	N/A	/	2-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	FC Zürich	(bench)	/	1-0
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@St. Gallen	(bench)	/	0-1
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	FEBR	22	/
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	FEBR	22	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

Heroes of the week

Not a very brilliant week for our exported Italians this time. No goalscorers, one assist-man, and an unlucky one at that.

Luca Toni may well have provided a very nice assist for Zé Roberto’s equalizer vs. Werder Bremen, he also had a penalty shot parried away by Tim Wiese in the same match. Tough luck for the ex-Fiorentina striker, who has also lost first spot in the Bundesliga scoring charts, at the expense of Hamburg’s Rafael Van der Vaart.

Giuseppe Rossi, age 21 As for Giuseppe Rossi, he put an end to a very productive streak of goals and assists, with a rather bleak performance vs. Murcia this week. Fortunately for his team, the Yellow Submarine managed to scrape away the win in the final minutes of the match.

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