Italian Players Around the World (2/12)

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 cannot believe his eyes when the ref shows him the yellow card, in the match vs. Arminia BielefeldGraziano Pellè, age 22

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
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/
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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. :mrgreen:

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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