- Defender for S.S.C. Napoli (Naples, 1993-1995), Parma Calcio 1913 (Parma, 1995-2002), Inter Milan (Milan, 2002-2004), Juventus F.C. (Turin, 2004-2006, 2009-10), Real Madrid (Spain, 2006-2009) and Al-Ahli (United Arab Emirates, 2010-11); in all 531 games and 16 goals.
- Member of the Italy youth team who won two UEFA European U21 Championship in 1994 and 1996.
- Has two sons named Christian (b. July 17th 1999) and Andrea (b. October 20th 2004) and one daughter named Martina (b. December 22nd 2001).
- Honours with Parma Calcio 1913: 2 Coppa Italia (1999, 2002); UEFA Cup (1999); Supercoppa Italiana (1999). Honours with Real Madrid: 2 La Liga (2007, 2008).
- His younger brother, Paolo Cannavaro, is also a defender, and plays for Napoli. The two brothers played alongside each other at Parma from 2000 until 2002 when Fabio left for Internazionale.
- 136 appearances for Italy National Football Team (1997-2010); scored 2 goals. Member of the Summer Olympics 1996, Euro 2000, 2004, and the France '98, Korea/Japan '02, Germany '06 and South Africa '10 squads.
- Named in the 2000 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament.
- Named in the ESM Team of the Year in 2005.
- Captain of the Italy National Team who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Silver Ball at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Was voted "sexiest player" of the 2006 World Cup.
- Named the Serie A Defender of the Year in 2005 and 2006.
- Named the Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2006.
- Named in the FIFPro World XI in 2006 and 2007.
- In 2006, he won the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year.
- Named in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2006.
- Named in the Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade in 2009.
- Named in the ESPN World Team of the Decade in 2009.
- Retired from football at the age 37. (July 2011)
- Played well over 250 games for Parma Calcio 1913.
- Played well over 100 games for Italy National Football Team and Real Madrid.
- Was captain of Parma Calcio 1913.
- Won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Gran Galà del Calcio AIC.
- Worked as assistant technical of Al-Ahli (2013-2014).
- Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
- Head coach of Guangzhou (China, 2014-15, 2017-2021), Al-Nassr FC (Saudi Arabia, 2015-16), Tianjin Quanjian (China, 2016-2017) and China National Football Team (2019).
- As a coach, he won the China League One (2016) with Tianjin Quanjian; the Chinese FA Super Cup (2018) and the Chinese Super League (2019) with Guangzhou.
- Named the Coach of the Year by Chinese Football Association in 2017.
- Named in the Juventus Greatest XI of All Time in 2017.
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