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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 34 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 15 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	Tottenham	@Sunderland	(bench)	/	1-1
David Di Michele	West Ham	/	/	/	/
Andrea Dossena	Liverpool	/	/	/	/
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@St. Mir. (CUP)	/	/	0-1
Manuel Pascali	Kilmarnock	/	/	/	/
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GERMANY
Andrea Barzagli	Wolfsburg	Karlsruhe	90	/	1-0
Cristian Zaccardo	Wolfsburg	Karlsruhe	(bench)	/	1-0
Massimo Oddo	Bayern M.	Hannover	90	/	5-1
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Hannover	(injd)	/	5-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	Atl. Madrid	90	/	1-1
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Almeria	(bench)	/	2-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Valencia	90	/	1-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villarreal	Espanyol	(bench)	/	1-0
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Lille	90	/	0-2
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Nice	(injd)	/	0-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@NEC	90	/	1-0
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GREECE
Stefano Napoleoni	Levadiakos	@OFI Crete	46	/	2-0
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BELGIUM
Francesco Migliore	Mons	Standard	90	/	0-1
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Standard	76	/	0-1
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SWITZERLAND
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Lucerne	(bench)	/	3-1
Pasquale Sbarra	Grasshoppers	Sion	/	/	0-2
Giuseppe Aquaro	Aarau	/	/	/	/
Jacopo Ravasi	Lucerne	FC Zürich	1	/	1-3
Carlo Zotti	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	90	/	0-3
Davide Belotti	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	/	/	0-3
Lorenzo Bucchi	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	(bench)	/	0-3
Luigi Beghetto	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	22	/	0-3
Paolo Carbone	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	/	/	0-3
Andrea Conti	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	(injd)	/	0-3
Matteo Gritti	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	(injd)	/	0-3
Iacopo La Rocca	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	90	/	0-3
Angelo Raso	Bellinzona	@Young Boys	90	/	0-3
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TURKEY
Morgan De Sanctis	Galatasaray	Bursaspor	90	/	2-1
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	/	SEASON	OVER	/

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Heroes of the week

Dry spell for our Italian goalscorers this week. A great performance in net however down in the Turkish league: let’s check that out.

The name of Morgan De Sanctis shouldn’t be completely unfamiliar to most you. After all, he is the vice-Buffon-vice-Amelia (ok, 3rd choice) goalkeeper for the Azzurri, and featured prominently in the ranks of Udinese during the years 1999 to 2007. A lot has happened though since the lad moved away of the Italian peninsula: an unlucky spell at Sevilla (playing reserve for Andrés Palop, De Sanctis featured in only 8 games for the Rojiblancos) was followed with a loan to Turkish club Galatasaray in 2008, a team for which Morgan hoped to resume starting eleven duties.

Since his arrival in the ex-Turkish capital, De Sanctis has really flourished: greeted like a saviour by CimBom fans, the Italian keeper has been in prime form lately and culminated a string of very good performances with some capital saves this week-end. Battling against Bursaspor, the Istanbul club snatched a 2-1 victory which keeps them in the battle for the title. If Galatasaray are only 3 points away from league leaders Sivasspor in the Turkcell Süper Lig, they have a lot to owe to our Azzurri nº3.

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