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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 17 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	Aston Villa	/	/	2-0
David Di Michele	West Ham	Bolton	53	/	1-3
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	@Man City	19	/	3-2
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Hamitlon	(bench)	/	4-0
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	@Hearts	90	/	2-1
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	@Schalke	90	/	2-2
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	@Schalke	90	/	2-2
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	Bochum	90	/	3-3
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Bochum	90	/	3-3
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Espaynol	90	/	2-2
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Athl. Bilbao	90	/	4-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Valladolid	45	/	1-0
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Betis	59	/	2-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Rennes	(injd.)	/	0-3
Elia Legati	Monaco	@St. Etienne	/	/	0-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@St. Etienne	(bench)	/	0-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	Sparta	23	/	6-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	Charleroi	/	/	1-1
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Charleroi	90	/	1-1
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Lucerne	(bench)	/	3-0
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	/	/	3-3
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	45	/	3-3
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	/	/	3-3
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	/	/	3-3
Alessio Ferrazza	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	/	/	3-3
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	45	/	3-3
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	90	/	3-3
Giuseppe Miccolis	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	(bench)	/	3-3
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	@N. Xamax	(bench)	/	3-3
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	@Bursaspor	90	/	1-2
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	@Tom’ Tomsk	(bench)	/	1-0

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Heroes of the week

No goals or assists scored this time, it’s been a poorly productive week-end for our strikers. So why don’t we focus on some other protagonists for a change, namely those who fight to keep the ball out of the net…

Appearing for the first time ever in our segment, we find Kilmanorck’s Manuel Pascali. Starting his career at AC Sant’Angelo, Pascali is not exactly a well-known figure in Italian football. Playing in Serie C for the majority of his career, he featured on the roster of Parma during the 2007-08 season but never stepped onto a Serie A field. Maybe that was a good thing, since we all know what happened to the Gialloblu season (but I digress)… Now in full force at Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock, he has become a favorite of manager Jim Jefferies who now features him regularly in the starting eleven. This week-end in fact, Pascali was wearing the captain’s armband in the absence of Gary Locke, and led his team to a great 2-1 away win over Hearts. Good work laddie!!

Also, he didn’t score this week-end but Enzo Maresca‘s performances at Sevilla are getting better and better. The Rojiblancos steamrolled Athletic Bilbao 4-0 on Sunday, and Enzo was once again a big leader of the Andalusian midfield. Just how long do you think, before this guy grabs the attention of Marcello Lippi huh?

Tags: Enzo Maresca, Italian Players Around the World, Manuel Pascali

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