Italian Players Around the World (9/12)

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

Based on Gazzetta’s info, there are currently 26 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 19 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 @Tottenham
32
1 goal 
1-2
Carlo Cudicini Chelsea Sunderland
90
/
2-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati Celtic St. Mirren
(stands)
/
1-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni Bayern M. Duisburg
76
/
0-0
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid @Ath. Bilbao
90
/
1-0
Giuseppe Rossi Villareal Betis
(injd.)
/
0-1
Christian Abbiati Atl. Madrid Getafe
90
/
1-0
Gianluca Zambrotta Barcelona Deportivo
45
/
2-1
Enzo Maresca Sevilla Murcia
75
1 goal
3-1
Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla Murcia
1
/
3-1
Emiliano Moretti Valencia @Osasuna
90
/
0-0
Stefano Sorrentino Recreativo @Levante
90
/
2-0
Marco Storari Levante Recreativo
90
/
0-2
Bruno Cirillo Levante Recreativo
90
/
0-2
Damiano Tommasi Levante Recreativo
90
/
0-2
Christian Riganò Levante Recreativo
90
/
0-2
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso Lyon @Caen
(bench)
/
0-1
Flavio Roma Monaco @Marseille
90
/
0-2
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè AZ Alkmaar Utrecht
83
/
2-1
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri Mons @GBA
90
/
0-2
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti St. Gallen Aarau
90
/
2-2
Andrea Guatelli FC Zürich @Grasshoppers
(bench)
/
1-2
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni Widzew Łódź @Belchatov
90
/
1-3
Joseph Oshadogan Widzew Łódź @Belchatov
(stands)
/
1-3
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UKRAINE
Cristiano Lucarelli Shakhtar D. NEXT ROUND
IN
MARCH
/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli Lok. Moscow SEASON OVER
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Heroes of the week

This week two goalscorers, one lucky and one not so much.

Let’s start with the lucky one. After a long spell on and off the bench, Enzo Maresca finally played his first game as starter and repaid the coach’s trust with a goal. A penalty kick goal, but a goal nonetheless which ended up being the game-winning-goal for Sevilla’s 3-1 victory to Murcia.

Meanwhile in the English Premier League, Rolando Bianchi wasn’t so lucky. In Man City’s away to Tottenham this week-end, the Italian striker came on in the 58th and immediately got on the scoreboard 3 minutes later. However unfortunately for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s team, Tottenham scored 8 minutes from the end to clinch the game.

A honorable mention should also go to Christian Abbiati, who has now become a regular starter at Atletico Madrid due to the injury to Leo Franco, and has made a few splendid saves in the week-end match to preserve Atletico’s win over Getafe.



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