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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Rolando Bianchi | Man City | @Wigan | |||
Carlo Cudicini | Chelsea | West Ham | |||
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Massimo Donati | Celtic | @Hearts | |||
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Luca Toni | Bayern M. | A.Bielefeld | |||
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Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid | R.Santander | |||
Giuseppe Rossi | Villareal | @Valladolid | |||
Christian Abbiati | Atl. Madrid | @Betis | |||
Gianluca Zambrotta | Barcelona | @Espanyol | |||
Enzo Maresca | Sevilla | @Almeria | |||
Morgan De Sanctis | Sevilla | @Almeria | |||
Emiliano Moretti | Valencia | Ath. Bilbao | |||
Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo | Zaragoza | |||
Marco Storari | Levante | @Getafe | |||
Bruno Cirillo | Levante | @Getafe | |||
Damiano Tommasi | Levante | @Getafe | |||
Christian Riganò | Levante | @Getafe | |||
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Fabio Grosso | Lyon | Strasbourg | |||
Flavio Roma | Monaco | Nice | |||
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Graziano Pellè | AZ Alkmaar | @Twente | |||
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Roberto Mirri | Mons | Westerlo | |||
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Stefano Razzetti | St. Gallen | Young Boys | |||
Andrea Guatelli | FC Zürich | Aarau | |||
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Stefano Napoleoni | Widzew Łódź | Zaglebie | |||
Joseph Oshadogan | Widzew Łódź | Zaglebie | |||
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Cristiano Lucarelli | Shakhtar D. | (no match) | |||
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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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