Italian Players Around the World (11/11)

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, age 30

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 24 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 13 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
Rolando Bianchi Man City @Portsmouth
1
/
0-0
Carlo Cudicini Chelsea Everton
90 
/
1-1
.
SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati Celtic Falkirk
/
/
pp. 
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GERMANY
Luca Toni Bayern M. @Stuttgart
90
1 goal
1-3
.
SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid Mallorca
45
/
4-3
Giuseppe Rossi Villareal Sevilla
(injd.)
/
3-2
Christian Abbiati Atl. Madrid Almeria
(bench)
/
0-0
Gianluca Zambrotta Barcelona @Getafe
40
red card
0-2
Enzo Maresca Sevilla @Villareal
(injd.)
/
2-3
Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla @Villareal
(bench)
/
2-3
Emiliano Moretti Valencia Murcia
(bench)
/
3-0
Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo Osasuna
90
/
1-0
Marco Storari Levante @Valladolid
90
/
0-1
Bruno Cirillo Levante @Valladolid
90
/
0-1
Damiano Tommasi Levante @Valladolid
84
/
0-1
Christian Riganò Levante @Valladolid
90
/
0-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso Lyon Marseille
(susp.)
/
1-2
Flavio Roma Monaco Strasbourg
90
/
3-0
.
HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè AZ Alkmaar @PSV Eindh.
(bench)
/
1-1
.
BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri Mons @Roeselare
12
/
3-4
.
SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti St. Gallen @Sion
90
/
1-5
Andrea Guatelli FC Zürich @Young Boys
(bench)
/
1-1
.
UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli Shakhtar D. @Dyn. Kiev
20
/
1-2
.
RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli Lok. Moscow Kuban Krasn.
(stands)
/
2-3

Heroes of the week

This week was pretty bad for Italian players, no one in particular standing out in a positive way. Luca Toni did get 1 goal on Saturday, but his Bayern team lost their first match of the season against VfB Stuttgart. The Italian striker even saw a goal in the 1st half being inexplicably called off, but despite that fact he remains at the top of the Bundesliga scoring charts with a 9 goal total.

Even darker day for Gianluca Zambrotta, who came on in the 2nd half against Getafe with his team down 0-1, and earned a direct red for a reckless tackle in the 85th. A bit severe if you ask me, from the video evidence.



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