{{short description|Italian volleyball player and coach}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Fabio Menta | image = Fabio Menta.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Menta with the Cook Islands national team | fullname = <!-- if different --> | nickname = | nationality = Italian | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|01|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Syracuse, Sicily, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = | college = | years1 = 1980-1983 | team1 = CUS Siena Volley | years2 = 1997-1999 | team2 = Nassau Texaco Stars | currentcoachteam = Foton Pilipinas | coachyears = 1996-1997<br>1997-2000<br>1998-1999<br>2000-2001<br>2000-2001<br>2003-2004<br>2005-2006<br>2006-2007<br>2007-2008<br>2008<br>2008-2009<br>2010-2011<br>2012-2014<br>2015-2016<br>2016 | coachteams = Nassau Sunburners<br>Nassau Texaco Stars<br>Bahamas (men)<br>Caffè dell'Opera Diablos<br>Bahamas (women)<br>Tecnoservice Siracusa<br>Arenella Resort Siracusa<br>Ste.Mi Rovigo<br>Ticinocom Bellinzona<br>Sigger Viterbo<br>Punto 4 Pallavolo Reggio Emilia<br>Cook Islands (women)<br>De Gasperi Potenza<br>Cook Islands<br>Foton Pilipinas | resultyears = | location = | result = | medaltemplates = | updated = }}
'''Fabio Menta''' is an Italian coach and former player who last coached the Foton Tornadoes which competed as the Foton Pilipinas at the 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship.
Menta has also coached the women's national team of the Cook Islands.<ref>{{cite news|title=High hopes for PH spikers|url=http://www.journal.com.ph/sports/high-hopes-for-ph-spikers|accessdate=3 September 2016|work=Journal Online|publisher=People's Tonight|date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908002524/http://www.journal.com.ph/sports/high-hopes-for-ph-spikers|archive-date=8 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was hired by the Foton Tornadoes in August 2016 to lead them at the 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship where they competed as "Foton Pilipinas". Menta led Foton at the 2016 Select Tuna Thailand Volleyball Championship, which was part of the club's preparation for the Asian club stint.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Agcaoili|first1=Lance|title=Foton taps Menta for AVC Club tilt|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/2016/08/19/foton-taps-menta-for-avc-club-tilt/|accessdate=3 September 2016|work=BusinessMirror|publisher=Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc.|date=19 August 2016}}</ref>
He resigned from Foton on 24 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sykioco|first1=Leif|title=Foton's Italian coach resigns|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/09/26/1627622/fotons-italian-coach-resigns|accessdate=26 September 2016|publisher=The Philippine Star|date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
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