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 12 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
Carlo Cudicini	Chelsea	@Portsmouth	(bench)	/	1-1
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	@Kilmarnock	90	1 assist	5-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	H.Rostock	90	1 goal	2-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Almeria	90	/	0-2
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	Mallorca	69	1 goal	1-1
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Murcia	90	/	1-1
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Osasuna	90	/	1-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	@Recreativo	85	/	2-1
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	@Recreativo	(bench)	/	2-1
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Valladolid	90	/	2-0
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	Sevilla	90	/	1-2
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	R.Santander	(injd.)	/	1-1
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@C.Savoie (CUP)	90	/	1-0
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Marseille (CUP)	(bench)	/	1-3
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	PSV Eindhoven	90	/	0-2
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	Mouscron	90	/	2-0
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	Mouscron	N/A	/	2-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	Aarau	(bench)	/	1-3
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	Thun	(bench)	/	1-0
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	NEXT ROUND	IN	FEBR.	/
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	SEASON OVER	/	/	/

Heroes of the week

This week two goalscorers. For those who’ve been reading this column for a while now, it’s the “Usual Suspects” as always. 

In fact, the German Bundesliga hasn’t even had time to resume from its Winter break, that Luca Toni has already been hitting the headlines. Scoring in the recent Bayern German cup match last week, the ex-Fiorentina striker went on the scoreboard this week-end also, in the match vs. Hansa Rostock.

As for our Spain hero, can Giuseppe Rossi‘s reliability get any higher? For 3 weeks now he’s either provided assists or goals for the Yellow Submarine (this week-end, he produced Villareal’s temporary 1-0 lead from a penalty shot). Too bad his team coulndn’t get past a draw in their home game vs. Mallorca.

A bit of glory for Massimo Donati as well, author of the assist for Caldwell’s 2-0 tally in Celtic’s abundant win over Kilmarnock.

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