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Our weekly Italian Players Around the World segment is back!!

Inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues (top divisions only). There are currently 31 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 18 of them stepped on the field this week-end.

The table below includes the team of the player, their opponents for this week, the time in minutes they played, their match contribution in goal(s) or assist(s), and the final score of the game.

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ENGLAND
Player	Team	Opp.	Time	Contrib.	Score
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	Man Utd	(bench)	/	1-1
David Di Michele	West Ham	Newcastle	90	2 GL, 1 AST	3-1
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	Stoke	90	/	0-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@ Kilmarnock	(stands)	/	3-1
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	Celtic	90	/	1-3
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	Hamburg	90	/	3-0
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	Hamburg	8	/	3-0
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	Werder B.	45	1 AST	2-5
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Werder B.	90	1 AST	2-5
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Racing	90	/	2-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Betis	34	/	0-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	Osasuna	90	/	1-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Numancia	(injd.)	/	2-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Le Havre	(injd.)	/	1-0
Elia Legati	Monaco	@Marseille	/	/	0-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Marseille	(bench)	/	0-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	PSV	(bench)	/	1-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	Kortrijk	(bench)	/	0-1
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Kortrijk	90	/	0-1
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Widnau (CUP)	90	/	6-0
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	90	1 GOAL	5-1
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	90	/	5-1
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	/	/	5-1
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	90	/	5-1
Alessio Ferrazza	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	/	/	5-1
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	(bench)	/	5-1
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	(bench)	/	5-1
Giuseppe Miccolis	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	90	/	5-1
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	@Oerlikon (CUP)	90	/	5-1
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	@Kocaelispor	90	/	4-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	@Luch Ener.	(bench)	/	3-2

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Heroes of the week

The first “Heroes of the Week” segment last week took us to Germany and Spain. There’s no doubt that Toni & friends will be a regular destination for us this year, however this week we are going to cross the Channel to little old UK.

Indeed, it didn’t take very long for David Di Michele to make his name heard at Upton Park. West Ham were hosting Newcastle for this one, in Gianfranco Zola’s first appearance on the Hammers’ bench, and not only did “Magic Box” get his first win as new manager of the club, but he really hit jackpot by inserting Di Michele in the starting eleven. The on-loan Torino player was the main man of the night, scoring two beautiful goals (the second one a great example of ice-cold nerves) and providing an assist for Etherington’s third.

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In other news, this was one week-end to quickly forget for Luca Toni and Massimo Oddo. Bayern Munich were hosting Werder Bremen on Saturday, and coach Jürgen Klinsmann suffered the first big defeat in charge of the German giants. By the time our two Italian ex-pats got in an assist for Tim Borowski, Bayern were already down… 0-5. Ouch! Kinda reminds me of the 0-4 UEFA Cup disaster vs. FC Zenit last season.

Finally, the big Italian colony of Bellinzona got plenty of playing time vs. Oerlikon in the Swiss Cup, with Davide Bellotti even getting on the scoreboard in the large 5-1 victory.

Tags: David Di Michele, Davide Bellotti, Italian Players Around the World, Luca Toni, Massimo Oddo

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