Dario Del Fabro (March 24, 1995 Alghero, Italy) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Cagliari and loans

Del Fabro was born in

Alghero Alghero (; ca, label= Alguerese, L'Alguer ; sc, S'Alighèra ; sdc, L'Aliera ) is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from ...

and grew up in

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. He started his career at

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

after being spotted by the head of the academy

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. He made his debut in the

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on 5 November 2012 against

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, playing the full 90 minutes. He made his

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league debut on 21 December 2012 against

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, coming on for

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in the 67th minute. In two years he played 8 games between Serie A and Coppa Italia with the Sardinian Club On 3 August 2014, Del Fabro joined

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side

on a season-long loan. The move was later terminated so that he could join

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instead. On 31 August, Del Fabro signed for former Cagliari owner

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on a season-long loan with the option of a permanent move. He was given the number 35 shirt for the 2014–15 season. On 4 January 2015, he made his début for the club in a 1–0 defeat away to

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in the

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. On 20 September 2015, Del Fabro was loaned out to Serie B side Ascoli. He debuted on 23 November 2015, in a 3–0 away loss against Cagliari, coming on as a substitute for

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after 5 minutes of the first half. He ended the campaign with a total of 10 appearances. On 10 July 2016, Del Fabro completed the loan to another Serie B team,

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. At the new team, managed by

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, he became one of the starting central defenders for the team from Tuscany, appearing in 32 league and 2 Coppa Italia matches.

Juventus

On 28 July 2017, Del Fabro joined Juventus for €4.5 million, signing a contract until 2023. He was loaned to

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for the 2017–18 season.During this season he played 19 games. On 31 July 2018, Del Fabro joined

club

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on loan until 30 June 2019. It was a difficult season for the central defender that didn’t play regularly, but he scored his first professional goal in the draw 1–1 against Venice. On 29 August 2019, Del Fabro moved to

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club

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

on a season-long loan deal along with fellow Juventus team-mate Laurențiu Brănescu. During his time in Ayrshire, Del Fabro became a regular in central defence with 24 appearances in all competitions and scoring one goal, a 93rd minute equaliser in a 2–2 draw with Hibernian. On 3 October 2020, Del Fabro signed for Dutch club

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on a one-year loan. On 26 August 2021, Del Fabbro signed for Belgian side

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on a one-year loan.

Cittadella

On 31 January 2022, Del Fabro returned to Italy and signed with

International career

In 2010, Del Fabro was capped by Italy under-16s where he captained the side, before graduating in 2011 to Italy under-17, and then on to Italy under-18s in 2012. In 2013, Del Fabro made his debut for Italy under-19s and scored his first goal in the ''"Azzurri"'' shirt.

Personal life

He was born in

to Italian father and

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mother.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Del Fabro, Dario 1995 births People from Alghero Footballers from Sardinia Living people Italian people of Polish descent Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Scottish Professional Football League players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Cagliari Calcio players Leeds United F.C. players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Pisa S.C. players Juventus F.C. players Novara F.C. players U.S. Cremonese players Kilmarnock F.C. players Juventus Next Gen players ADO Den Haag players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players A.S. Cittadella players Association football defenders Expatriate footballers in Scotland Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Belgium Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Italian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium