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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 32 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 12 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	@Ipswich (CUP)	(bench)	/	3-1
David Di Michele	West Ham	@Hartlep. (CUP)	75	/	2-0
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	Everton (CUP)	90	/	1-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Hibs	/	/	3-1
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	Hamilton	90	/	0-1
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	(Winter break)	/	/	/
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Deportivo	90	/	1-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Racing	22	/	0-2
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Mallorca	42	/	1-3
Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal	Osasuna	90	1 GOAL	1-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Concar. (CUP)	90	1 ASSIST	6-0
Elia Legati	Monaco	Nice	/	/	1-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	Nice	(injd)	/	1-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	De Graafschap	15	/	2-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	@Genk	90	/	0-2
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Genk	90	/	0-2
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Jacopo Ravasi	Lucerne	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Alessio Ferrazza	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Giuseppe Miccolis	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	(Winter break)	/	/	/
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	@Sivasspor	90	/	0-2
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	/	SEASON	OVER	/

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Heroes of the week

With Toni taking his long German Winter break, who else but Joe Red could have taken care of our weekly scoring segment, mmmh?

I don’t know long it’s going to take Giuseppe Rossi to join a big club, but what’s for certain is that he’s on the right path. After earning the confidence of Marcello Lippi and securing a spot in the Azzurri, it’s only a matter of time before the European greats come knocking at Villarreal’s door.

With this week-end’s performance against Osasuna (just watch this beauty), Joe Red ups his goaltotal to 9. Unfortunately the goal wasn’t enough to give the Yellow Submarine the win.

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Okay, so the Bundesliga won’t resume until February, but there’s still plenty of Luca Toni-related stuff to keep us entertained.

Like this musical ode/theme song, made by a Bayern fan with way too much time on his hands. It grows on you I swear! I have to listen to it at least 2-3 times a day now.

(Hat tip to Francesco for the find).

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Tags: Giuseppe Rossi, Italian Players Around the World, Luca Toni

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