He began his career in the early 60s. Fabio signed a contract with SPAL for two million lire. He made his debut in the middle of 1964 against Sampdoria team. During his second season as member of SPAL he helped win the Italian Youth Championship. In the 2004 Fabio left Roma team and signed a new deal with Juventus Club. Under his leadership Juventus won two seasons from 2004 to 2006. In July of 2006 his contract with Juventus was ended and resigned it again.

Capello also was a coach of Real Madrid twice. At first in the 1996, it was a successful experience but he decided to fell out from a team. Another time he becomes Real Madrid coach in the 2006, but after just one year he left again. He also was a coach of Milan twice too. He began his leadership in in June of 1991. Being on this post, Milan reached the 1993 UEFA Champions League final but was beaten by Marseille.

On December 14, 2007 he signed four year deal with the England national team and becomes their manager. The first match of England team with Capello on board was against Switzerland in the 2008. During World Cup qualification England got a victory over Andorra and Croatia in the 2008. In the 2010 Capello and his team beat Egypt team in their friendly match. World Cup was pretty successful for England and Fabio decided to continue his work until Euro 2012. In the 2012 during Euro qualification England team got two wins, against Bulgaria and against Switzerland. The National Team of England completed their Euro campaign with a record of five wins, three draws and no defeats. Fabio Capello resigned on February of the same year.

Despite the fact that he announced in the 2008 that his job with England team will be the last in his career he made a new step after his contract was ended. Since 2012 Capello was a manager for the National team of Russia. Being on this position he led Russia into the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification finals. In the 2015 he was fired.

Fabio is married to Laura Ghisi. Fabio and Laura met each other on a bus when they were a teenager. They live together more than forty years and still love each other. Fabio and his wife have a son was named Pier Filippo, currently he is an agent of his father. There is no information about other children. In addition to the passion to the football Fabio is a collector of fine art. His collection according to wiki resource can be worth over £10 million. His total net worth is approximately $70 million dollars as well as his salary is 18 million.