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

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 24 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 15 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	Tottenham	33	/	0-1
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Fulham	(bench)	/	2-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	S.Albion (CUP)	90	/	3-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Levante	90	/	2-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Deportivo	73	1 goal	4-3
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Valencia	90	/	1-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Murcia	90	1 assist	2-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Ath. Bilbao	90	/	0-2
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Ath. Bilbao	90	/	0-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Atl. Madrid	90	/	0-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Valladolid	90	/	1-3
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Real Madrid	90	/	0-2
Christian Riganò	Levante	Real Madrid	N/A	/	0-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Toulouse	90	/	3-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Lorient	90	/	1-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Ajax	(bench)	/	1-6
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Gent (CUP)	120	/	0-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Gent (CUP)	120	/	0-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	SEASON OVER	/	/	/
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	SEASON OVER	/	/	/
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

Heroes of the week

This week only one goalscorer. Also one assistman. Both from Spain.

Giuseppe Rossi‘s officially back. His return last week didn’t go too well for Villareal, but Sunday’s game was a whole other matter. Indeed, Rossi’s first half goal from the spot spearheaded the Yellow Submarine‘s victory vs. Deportivo. Rossi came off in the 73^rd minute, after a good performance.

Two other players worth mentioning this week: Gianluca Zambrotta (who finally got to play a full 90 minutes and provided the assist for Gudjohnsen’s game-winning goal vs. Murcia) and Christian Abbiati (it might be a coincidence, but since the Italian keeper has become a regular feature with Atletico Madrid, due to the Leo Franco’s injury, the Rojiblancos have lost only 1 game out of 9), authors of excellent performances this week-end.

To be noted that after Marco Storari, due to Levante’s inability to pay agreed wages Bruno Cirillo also left the Spanish club. He will be joining Reggina, the club where he grew as a player.

Also, Cristiano Lucarelli left Ukrainian side of Shakhtar Donetsk and has joined Parma over the Winter break, the motivation behind the move being that Lucarelli hopes to earn a ticket to Euro 2008 with Italy. The fact the Ukrainian club is out of the Champions League and will not resume its league until March, would have virtually shut the Azzurri doors for Lucarelli had he stayed in Kiev.

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