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 14 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	@Man City	90	/	2-0
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SCOTLAND
Massimo Donati	Celtic	Motherwell	69	/	0-1
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GERMANY
Luca Toni	Bayern M.	Bochum	90	/	3-1
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SPAIN
Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid	@Mallorca	90	/	1-1
Giuseppe Rossi	Villareal	@Sevilla	90	/	0-2
Christian Abbiati	Atl. Madrid	Almeria	90	/	6-3
Gianluca Zambrotta	Barcelona	Getafe	90	/	0-0
Enzo Maresca	Sevilla	Villareal	(susp.)	/	2-0
Morgan De Sanctis	Sevilla	Villareal	(bench)	/	2-0
Emiliano Moretti	Valencia	@Murcia	90	/	0-1
Stefano Sorrentino	Recreativo	@Osasuna	90	/	1-0
Damiano Tommasi	Levante	Valladolid	(injd.)	/	0-3
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FRANCE
Fabio Grosso	Lyon	@Marseille	90	/	1-3
Flavio Roma	Monaco	@Strasbourg	90	/	2-0
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HOLLAND
Graziano Pellè	AZ Alkmaar	@VVV Venlo	45	/	3-2
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BELGIUM
Roberto Mirri	Mons	@Cercle Brüg.	90	/	0-0
Alessandro Pistone	Mons	@Cercle Brüg.	90	/	0-0
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SWITZERLAND
Stefano Razzetti	St. Gallen	@Xamax	(bench)	/	0-1
Andrea Guatelli	FC Zürich	@Sion	(bench)	/	3-3
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POLAND
Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	J. Bialystok	90	2 goals	2-0
Joseph Oshadogan	Widzew Łódź	J. Bialystok	(N/A)	/	2-0
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RUSSIA
Ivan Pelizzoli	Lok. Moscow	@Saturn	(stands)	/	2-1

 

Heroes of the week

So… Toni’s keeping quiet these days (he’s playing well, but not scoring), Rossi’s Villareal lost to Sevilla (so no goals for him), and our usual segment protagonists are absent. This week, to find our ‘Hero of the Week’ we have to travel to Poland, where a certain Mr. Napoleoni has finally been making a name for himself.

Indeed, “Napo-gol” is on fire! Widzew Łódź hosted Jagiellonia Bialystok this week, for a 14^th vs. 10^th-ranked showdown (yeah, needless to point out that Widzew Łódź isn’t doing too well in the Orange Ekstraklasa this season). Regardless of his team’s ranking however, Stefano Napoleoni grabbed the match by the reins and scored a vital double last week-end, hopefully enough to keep his team off the relegation zone. Things are looking up for Napoleoni, who has now earned a starting role in the team and become the supporters’ idol..

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