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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Carlo Cudicini | Chelsea | @Portsmouth | |||
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Massimo Donati | Celtic | @Kilmarnock | |||
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Luca Toni | Bayern M. | H.Rostock | |||
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Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid | @Almeria | |||
Giuseppe Rossi | Villareal | Mallorca | |||
Christian Abbiati | Atl. Madrid | Murcia | |||
Gianluca Zambrotta | Barcelona | Osasuna | |||
Enzo Maresca | Sevilla | @Recreativo | |||
Morgan De Sanctis | Sevilla | @Recreativo | |||
Emiliano Moretti | Valencia | @Valladolid | |||
Stefano Sorrentino | Recreativo | Sevilla | |||
Damiano Tommasi | Levante | R.Santander | |||
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Fabio Grosso | Lyon | @C.Savoie (CUP) | |||
Flavio Roma | Monaco | @Marseille (CUP) | |||
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Graziano Pellè | AZ Alkmaar | PSV Eindhoven | |||
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Roberto Mirri | Mons | Mouscron | |||
Alessandro Pistone | Mons | Mouscron | |||
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Stefano Razzetti | St. Gallen | Aarau | |||
Andrea Guatelli | FC Zürich | Thun | |||
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Stefano Napoleoni | Widzew Łódź | NEXT ROUND | |||
Joseph Oshadogan | Widzew Łódź | NEXT ROUND | |||
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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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