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 26 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 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	@Wigan	12	/	1-1
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	West Ham	90	/	1-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Hearts	(bench)	/	1-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	A.Bielefeld	90	1 assist	1-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	R.Santander	90	/	3-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Valladolid	(injd.)	/	0-2
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	@Betis	3	/	2-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	@Espanyol	20	/	1-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Almeria	(bench)	/	0-1
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Almeria	(bench)	/	0-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Ath. Bilbao	90	/	0-3
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Zaragoza	90	/	2-1
Marco Storari	Levante	@Getafe	90	/	1-2
Bruno Cirillo	Levante	@Getafe	90	/	1-2
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	@Getafe	90	/	1-2
Christian Riganò	Levante	@Getafe	(susp.)	/	1-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	Strasbourg	90	/	5-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Nice	90	/	1-1
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@Twente	30	1 goal	1-2
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Westerlo	90	/	1-3
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Young Boys	90	/	2-7
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Aarau	(bench)	/	1-2
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Zaglebie	90	/	1-1
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	Zaglebie	90	/	1-1
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UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli	Shakhtar D.	(no match)	/	/	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

Heroes of the week

This week not many goalscorers (just one in fact), so the picks are pretty easy.

First, a commendation to Luca Toni (yet again!), who despite not getting on the scoreboard, provided a very valauble assist for the game-winning-goal of Franck Ribéry, in the match against Arminia Bielefeld. Toni also received a yellow card in the game, but we won’t hate him too much for that.

However more kudos should go to Graziano Pellè, who finally scored his first goal in the Dutch Eredivisie this week-end. Luis Van Gaal gave him the final 30 minutes in AZ’s away fixture to Twente, and the Italian U21 striker thanked him with getting on the scoreboard. Unfortunately for AZ, they lost the game 2-1.

Note that Roberto Cantoro, who had previously featured in last week’s “Italian Players Around the World”, has apparently been withdrawn from La Gazzetta’s list. I guess that’s on account of him getting Polish citizenship, being born in Argentina, and never having played for an Italian club. Or maybe they just forgot about him… we’ll see next week.

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