Fabio Staibano (born 20 April 1983) is an Italian

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footballer. He plays as a prop. Staibano was born in

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. 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

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, 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

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. He played two games during the

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. He had been called as

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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

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but he was left out of the final team.

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* 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 Crociati Parma Rugby FC players Castres Olympique players Aironi players Wasps RFC players Petrarca Rugby players Rugby Lyons Piacenza players Italian expatriate rugby union players in France Italian expatriate rugby union players in England Gran Ducato Parma Rugby players {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub