Italian Players Around the World (7/01)

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

It’s been a while since the last update, but the Winter break had most local championships on hold anyway. Except the EPL, they play tirelessly all year long apparently. :)

Alessandro Pistone, age 32Marco Storari, age 30

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 26 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 14 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 @Newcastle
2
2-0
Carlo Cudicini Chelsea @Fulham
N/A
/
2-1
.
SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati Celtic Gretna
73
/
3-0 
.
GERMANY
Luca Toni Bayern M. NEXT ROUND
IN
FEBR.
/
.
SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid Zaragoza
90
/
2-0
Giuseppe Rossi Villareal @Espanyol
90
/
0-3
Christian Abbiati Atl. Madrid @Deportivo
90
/
3-0
Gianluca Zambrotta Barcelona @Mallorca
(bench)
/
2-0
Enzo Maresca Sevilla Betis
/
/
3-0
Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla Betis
90
/
3-0
Emiliano Moretti Valencia Levante
90
/
0-0
Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo Almeria
90
/
1-1
Bruno Cirillo Levante @Valencia
(bench)
/
0-0
Damiano Tommasi Levante @Valencia
90
/
0-0
Christian Riganò Levante @Valencia
N/A
/
0-0
.
FRANCE
Fabio Grosso Lyon @Créteil (CUP)
90
/
4-0
Flavio Roma Monaco @Brest (CUP)
(bench)
/
3-1
.
HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè AZ Alkmaar Heracles
31
/
1-0
.
BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri Mons @Anderlecht
90
/
2-3
Alessandro Pistone Mons @Anderlecht
90
/
2-3
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti St. Gallen SEASON OVER
/
/
/
Andrea Guatelli FC Zürich SEASON OVER
/
/
/
.
POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni Widzew Łódź NEXT ROUND
IN
FEBR.
/
Joseph Oshadogan Widzew Łódź NEXT ROUND
IN
FEBR.
/
.
UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli Shakhtar D. NEXT ROUND
IN
MARCH
/
.
RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli Lok. Moscow SEASON OVER
/
/
/

Heroes of the week

This week no goalscorers, sad. No big protagonists either, even more sad.

Giuseppe Rossi‘s back to full fitness after his 3-month long injury, but his scoring efficiency still has to return to good levels. He can’t help prevent Villareal’s severe 3-0 loss to Espanyol this week. Meanwhile Rolando Bianchi is back warming City’s bench, and gets only 2 minutes of play against Newcastle. Can’t really blame Eriksson, his team keeps winning…

To be noted that Marco Storari‘s loan to Levante was terminated by Cagliari, so the Italian goalkeeper is on his way back to Sardinia. Also note the appearance of Alessandro Pistone (ex-Inter, Newcastle and Everton player) who recently signed with Belgian club Mons, after a succesful trial in early December. He’ll be joining up with defender Roberto Mirri, already at the club since 2004. 

Oh and if you want more anecdotes on the Mons club, they also feature Wilfried Dalmat, Stephane‘s brother (yeah, the one that played for Inter Milan and now plays at Bordeaux). It’s a small world ain’t it… ;)



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