Italian Players Around the World (21/01)

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

The Villareal players celebrate during their match vs. Valencia (Rossi featured with his head down, nº22 jersey)

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.
/
.
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
/
/
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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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