Fabio Staibano (born 20 April 1983) is an Italian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop. Staibano was born in

Eboli Eboli ( Ebolitano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, southern Italy, in the province of Salerno. An agricultural centre, Eboli is known mainly for olive oil and for its dairy products, among which the famous buffalo mozzarella from the a ...

. He played at a youth level at Battipaglia Rugby, moving to Overmach Rugby Parma F.C., aged 18, where he would stay from 2001/02 to 2007/08. Staibano represented the French team of

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for the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons. Fabio joined

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for the 2010/2011 season. Staibano has 11 caps for Italy, having yet to score his first points. The Italian prop's first cap came at 11 June 2006, in a 52-6 win over

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, in Tokyo. He played two games during the

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. He had been called as

Carlo Del Fava Carlo Antonio Del Fava (born 1 July 1981) is a South African-born Italian former rugby union player. His preferred position was Lock. After hanging his boots up he then decided to take up coaching. Del Fava was born in Mthatha, South Africa to ...

replacement for the

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finals, but he was ruled out too, due an injury. Del Fava was ruled fit soon and took his place. Staibano was originally called up for the

2009 Six Nations Championship The 2009 Six Nations Championship, known as the RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th Six Nations Championship, and the 115th international championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the six major European national t ...

but he was left out of the final team.

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Fabio Staibano International Statistics
1983 births Living people People from Eboli Italian rugby union players Rugby union props Italy international rugby union players Sportspeople from the Province of Salerno {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub