Italy : Serie A injured & suspended list (with statistics)

The table contains following columns, respectively: date when the player was placed on the list, player name, player position, number of games played, number of goals,number of assists, status for the day ("?+" - likely to play; "?" - status uncertain; "?-" - unlikely to play; "-" - will not play). List includes both injured and suspended players.

injuries news

Juventus 9.5 : Juventus have confirmed that striker Vincenzo Iaquinta will miss the rest of the Serie A season with a thigh injury. The 28-year-old was injured in training last month. Scans at the start of the week suggested Iaquinta was on the road to recovery, before Juventus chose not to risk playing him since the team cannot improve on their third-place standings. He has scored eight goals in 24 league appearances this campaign.

Fiorentina 7.5 : Fiorentina's leading scorer Adrian Mutu will miss the remainder of the Serie A season. The Romanian international striker has been suspended for two games by the Italian Football League for his sending off in last weekend's 2-1 defeat at Cagliari. Mutu has scored 17 goals in 29 games this season and his absence is a huge blow for Fiorentina in a battle for the last spot for next year's UEFA Champions League.

Livorno 7.5 : Serie A bottom club Livorno's faint hopes of staying up have been hit after three players were banned for the rest of the season having angrily charged towards Atalanta's dressing room following las weekned's 3-2 defeat. The Italian Football League said in a statement it had suspended Alessandro Grandoni, Emanuele Filippini and Giovanni Pasquale and added that David Balleri, Antonio Filippini and Simone Pavan were banned for Sunday's game at relegation threatened Torino.

Inter 5.5 : Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic could return to action next weekend. "Perhaps I can play even as early as next Sunday," he told a local newspaper after a training session in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. Ibrahimovic, who suffered a knee injury in March, is also confident he will be fully fit for the European Championship in June.

Fiorentina 3.5 : Christian Vieri was diagnosed with a pulled leg muscle Friday. He will be out for up to four weeks, meaning he will miss the Viola's final three games of the Serie A season. Vieri will reportedly move to another club for next season. Fiorentina holds a two-point lead on AC Milan in the race for fourth place and Italy's final Champions League berth.

Fiorentina 22.4 : Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi will be out of action for between seven and ten days after suffering a thigh injury during Saturday's Serie A win over Palermo. The 30-year-old centre-back will miss the first leg of Fiorentina's UEFA Cup semi-final against Rangers and is in doubt for the return match on May 1. Ujfalusi, has been a key part of his team's success this term, featuring in 24 Serie A matches and in eleven UEFA Cup games.

Roma 21.4 : Francesco Totti could miss the start of next season after undergoing a knee operation. The Roma captain, troubled by niggles all season, suffered cruciate ligament damage in his right knee during Saturday's 1-1 Serie A draw with Livorno. The 31-year-old forward scored 14 goals in 24 league appearances this term to help his team put pressure on leaders Inter. Totti, a World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, has retired from international football so would have missed EURO 2008 in any case.

Inter 18.4 : Zlatan Ibrahimovic will spend at least 10 days in his native Sweden trying to shrug off a knee problem. In recent weeks the striker has been resting the problem, and he has not played since March 29. The 26-year-old, Inter's top scorer with 15 goals in the league this term, has been in terribly poor form recently and has failed to score in open play for almost three months. Ibrahimovic is hoping to be fit in time to face Milan on May 4. Inter also said that Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo sprained the medial calf muscle of his right leg in Wednesday's 0-0 home draw with Lazio in their Italian Cup semi-final first leg.

Sampdo. 15.4 : Sampdoria have been hit by the news that Luca Castellazzi will miss the rest of the season with a right shoulder injury. The goalkeeper has been forced to leave last weekend's 1-0 defeat in the Serie A after suffering a heavy collision with Reggina striker Nicola Amoruso. Tests revealed that Castellazzi needs surgery and back-up keeper Antonio Mirante will have to step up in his place.

Milan 11.4 : Milan look set to face arch rivals Juventus with a second-string defence in their Serie A match on Saturday. Kakha Kaladze is suspended while Alessandro Nesta is appealing a two-game ban for his dismissal in the 2-1 defeat by Atalanta two weeks ago. A decision is expected on Friday. If Nesta loses the appeal, Milan may have to rely on back-up defenders Giuseppe Favalli, Daniele Bonera and Cafu alongside Paolo Maldini. Right back Massimo Oddo recently had knee surgery and left back Marek Jankulovski is injured.

Roma 7.4 : Francesco Totti is expected to miss the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg at Manchester United on Wednesday after failing to recover from the thigh injury which ruled him out of the 2-0 home defeat in the first match. The Roma captain has not yet returned to full training and was only a spectator when his team defeated Genoa 3-2 on Saturday. Totti, 31, has scored 14 goals in Serie A and one in the UEFA Champions League this season.

Roma 3.4 : Roma have suffered another blow Thursday when reserve defender Matteo Ferrari was diagnosed with a left knee problem and slated for arthroscopic surgery. Ferrari will be sidelined at least two weeks. On a brighter note, captain Francesco Totti is expected to return to the squad. Totti missed Tuesday's 2-0 home defeat by Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match due to a muscle tear in his left thigh.

Milan 2.4 : Defender Massimo Oddo will have an operation on his left knee but is expected to be back playing for Milan before the end of the season. The Italy right-back suffered the injury in the second half of last weekend's Serie A defeat by Atalanta. Oddo, 31, has made 23 Serie A appearances this season, scoring once.

Roma 31.3 : Francesco Totti will miss Tuesday's first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals against Manchester United with a thigh injury. The Roma captain played the whole 90 minutes in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Cagliari, yet later complained of a problem in his left thigh. "The player requires a period of rest and the situation will be monitored over the next few days," Roma said. Totti's absence should leave the attack to Montenegro forward Mirko Vucinic.

Milan 22.3 : Kaka has a muscular problem which will keep him out for a few weeks, but it isn't as serious as feared. "I already feel better. Now let's see how long it will take to get back. I'm working hard with physiotherapy and in the swimming pool," said Kaka. "The injury happened in the first few minutes of the match, when I felt a pain as I lifted my leg. I tried to continue but the muscle hardened; it was the first time such a thing happened to me, so I didn't really know how to handle myself. Then on a counterattack move I felt I couldn't run and so I asked to be substituted."