<Italian Players Around the World (14/04)

Italian Players Around the World (14/04)

April 14th, 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 scores his second goal vs. Borussia Dortmund

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	Wigan	(injd.)	/	1-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Motherwell	(N/A)	/	4-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	B.Dortmund	90	2 goals	5-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Murcia	(rest)	/	1-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Almeria	18	/	0-1
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Valladolid	(bench)	/	1-1
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Recreativo	90	/	2-2
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Mallorca	(susp.)	/	3-2
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Mallorca	(bench)	/	3-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Racing	90	/	1-2
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Barcelona	90	/	2-2
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Betis	(injd.)	/	1-0
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Rennes	90	/	1-1
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Toulouse	90	/	0-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Excelsior	45	/	1-1
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Roeselare	90	/	1-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Roeselare	90	/	1-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Young Boys	(bench)	/	2-0
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Aarau	(bench)	/	0-0
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	@LKS Lodz	90	/	0-2
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Terek Grozny	(stands)	/	2-0

Heroes of the week

Luca Toni, age 30 Well, it didn’t take very long for Luca Toni to return into the spotlight. Midweek: two goals vs. Getafe in the UEFA Cup (and how important were those goals… Bayern was losing 1-3 in extra time before Toni scored his double), and this week-end: two goals vs. Dortmund. Plus a major contribution to Bayern’s 5-0 final scoreline. Toni-gol is back, bentornato Luca!

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