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 22 Italians playing in first divisions abroad, and 11 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.
.
![]() |
|||||
Player | Team | Opp. | mins. | Contrib. | Score |
Carlo Cudicini | Chelsea | Man Utd | (bench) | / | 2-1 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Massimo Donati | Celtic | Rangers | (bench) | / | 3-2 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Luca Toni | Bayern M. | Stuttgar | 90 | 1 goal | 4-1 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid | Ath. Bilbao | (susp.) | / | 3-0 |
Giuseppe Rossi | Villareal | @Betis | 86 | / | 1-0 |
Christian Abbiati | Atl. Madrid | @Getafe | (bench) | / | 1-1 |
Gianluca Zambrotta | Barcelona | @Deportivo | 68 | / | 0-2 |
Enzo Maresca | Sevilla | @Murcia | 13 | / | 0-0 |
Morgan De Sanctis | Sevilla | @Murcia | (bench) | / | 0-0 |
Emiliano Moretti | Valencia | Osasuna | (injd.) | / | 3-0 |
Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo | Levante | 90 | / | 2-0 |
Damiano Tommasi | Levante | @Recreativo | (injd.) | / | 0-2 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Fabio Grosso | Lyon | Caen | 45 | 1 assist | 2-2 |
Flavio Roma | Monaco | Marseille | 90 | / | 2-3 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Graziano Pellè | AZ Alkmaar | / | SEASON | OVER | / |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Roberto Mirri | Mons | GBA | 90 | / | 0-0 |
Alessandro Pistone | Mons | GBA | 90 | / | 0-0 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Stefano Razzetti | St. Gallen | @Thun | (bench) | / | 1-1 |
Andrea Guatelli | FC Zürich | Luzern | (bench) | / | 1-0 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Stefano Napoleoni | Widzew Łódź | @Grodzisk | 30 | / | 0-3 |
. | |||||
![]() |
|||||
Ivan Pelizzoli | Lok. Moscow | S.Nalchik | (bench) | / | 0-0 |
Heroes of the week
Oh look! Mr. Toni here, what else is new? Well, Mr. Grosso went from glory to shame in less than a week, that’s what. Uncool…
“Only” one goal for Luca Toni this time. Yeah that’s right, his April average drops: we’ve been so used to Italian Bayern doubles lately that scoring one appears sorta appears like a “downgrade”, doesn’t it? That’s nº21 in the Bundesliga for the ex-Fiorentina striker, and needless to say he’s topping the goalscoring charts (2nd-ranked Mario Gomez is trailing by 6).
As for Fabio Grosso, after his goalscoring performance vs. Strasbourg last week, bad stuff from the Lyon winger this week-end. Everything started well though: one assist for Karim Benzema, and Lyon up by one in the 34th. Shortly after however, some mistakes by the home team’s defense (Grosso included) led to the equalizer by Juan Eduardo Eluchans and 1-2 goal by Lilian Compan, and our favorite World Cup 2006 hero even got a yellow card in the process. Then during the half-time break, a slap on Yoan Gouffran (who had grabbed Grosso by the shoulder) was caught by the referee and resulted in a direct red for the Italian.
Tags: Fabio Grosso, Italian Players Around the World, Luca Toni
Posted in Italian Players Around the World |