<Italian Players Around the World (5/05)

Italian Players Around the World (5/05)

May 6th, 2008 by Marco Pantanella

Continuing my weekly article inspired by Gazzetta dello Sport, here are the performances of all Italian soccer players operating in foreign European leagues.

$The Real Madrid \'2007-08 Liga Champions\' Tour Bus$

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 22 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 9 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
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Newcastle	(bench)	/	2-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Motherwell	(bench)	/	2-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	@Wolfsburg	90	/	0-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Osasuna	red card	/	2-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Getafe	80	/	2-0
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Recreativo	(bench)	/	3-0
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Valencia	90	/	6-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Valladolid	60	1 assist	2-0
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Valladolid	(bench)	/	2-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Barcelona	(injd.)	/	0-6
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Atl. Madrid	90	/	0-3
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Espanyol	(injd.)	/	1-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Nice	(susp.)	/	0-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Lens	(injd.)	/	0-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	/	SEASON	OVER	/
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@St. Truiden	90	/	1-1
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@St. Truiden	90	/	1-1
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Sion	(bench)	/	1-2
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Basel	(bench)	/	0-4
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	Sosnowiec	90	/	0-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	Luch Energiya	(bench)	/	2-2

Heroes of the week

No goals for them (actually even an -undeserved- red card for Fabio), but plenty to celebrate for Mr. Cannavaro and Mr. Toni: Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were crowned respectively La Liga and Bundesliga champions this week. Joining the fun, Mr. Maresca who provided good passes an an assist in Sevilla’s 2-0 match vs. Valladolid.

Luca Toni, age 30 Fabio Cannavaro, age 34 Enzo Maresca, age 28

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