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 23 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	West Ham	90	/	1-1
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Birmingham	(bench)	/	1-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Kilmarnock	90	/	1-0
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Atl. Madrid	90	/	2-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Valencia	73	1 assist	3-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Real Madrid	90	/	0-2
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Racing	90	/	2-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Getafe	46	/	2-3
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Getafe	90	/	2-3
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Villareal	90	/	0-3
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Betis	90	/	1-1
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Mallorca	(susp.)	/	2-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Lens	90	/	0-3
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Metz	90	/	1-4
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Heerenveen	90	/	0-4
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Club Brugge	90	/	0-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Club Brugge	79	/	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 no goalscorers, but one assistman. Once again (would you have guessed?) from Spain.

Giuseppe Rossi continues to shine after his return from injury. After the goal vs. Deportivo last week, the young New Jersey native was the author of another good performance vs. Valencia this week, and provided the assist for Nihat’s 3-0 goal in the second half (as well as a few other key passes throughout the match). Valencia’s Emiliano Moretti couldn’t do much to prevent the final 3-goal difference Villareal victory.

A small note about Levante’s Italians, since that seems to make the headlines week after week this month. Indeed, a veritable exodus is taking place from the Spanish club (comprehensibly so, since they are dead last in La Liga rankings): after Marco Storari and Bruno Cirillo, striker Christian Riganò also left the club (on loan however) and returned to Italy to Serie A club Siena.

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