Italy Taibi started his career for
Licata until 1989. He appeared only once, before moving to
Trentino, where he was a first-choice goalkeeper, playing 23 matches. After one season, he moved to
Milan in
Serie A for the
1990–91 season. As in his first club, he was not used at all, and shortly moved to
Como, where he played the following season. After that he moved to
Piacenza. Taibi stayed there for five seasons, until the
1996–97 season, and appeared for most of the club's games. Piacenza thought his time was over, so they sold him to the club which had not played him, Milan. This time, Milan played him in half of the
1997–98 season games as a backup to teammate
Sebastiano Rossi. Then Milan sold him to
Venezia in 1998. In his
first season with Venezia, he played in nearly every game.
Manchester United In 1999, following an injury to
Manchester United goalkeeper
Mark Bosnich, the reigning English and European champions purchased Taibi for
£4.5 million on 31 August 1999. He made his debut against
Liverpool, where he failed to claim a high ball from a free kick, allowing
Sami Hyypiä to score; however, he later made a number of saves, including a one-on-one from
Vladimír Šmicer. United went on to win 3–2 with Taibi getting the man of the match award. Taibi shared goalkeeping duties with fellow understudy
Raimond van der Gouw, taking responsibility for league matches while Van der Gouw started in the UEFA Champions League, even after Bosnich's recovery; however, a mistake against
Southampton on 25 September 1999, when Taibi let a weak shot from
Matthew Le Tissier slip through his legs into the goal, led to him being dubbed "The
Blind Venetian" by one newspaper. He only played once more for Manchester United, in a 5–0 defeat at Chelsea on 3 October 1999, United's first league defeat since losing to
Middlesbrough in December 1998.
Return to Italy In January 2000, Taibi joined
Reggina on loan until the end of the
season, where he played regularly. After the loan spell ended, Manchester United made it clear that – although Taibi was available for transfer – another loan deal was out of the question, rejecting a bid from
Napoli. In July 2000, Manchester United agreed to allow Taibi to rejoin Reggina for a fee of £2.5 million. On 1 April 2001, Taibi scored a goal with a header off a
corner kick in the 87th minute against
Udinese to equalise the score final score to a 1–1 draw at home. With the goal, Taibi was the second goalkeeper to score from open play in Serie A history after
Michelangelo Rampulla in 1992. After the
2000–01 season finished in relegation for Reggina, he was shifted to Atalanta as a replacement of
Ivan Pelizzoli. In the summer of 2005, he went on loan to
Torino, serving as first-choice goalkeeper; the move became permanent in 2006, with Taibi however becoming the backup goalkeeper behind
Christian Abbiati. He made his seasonal debut on 13 January 2007. In the 2007–08 season, he joined Ascoli, as Torino acquired the services of
Matteo Sereni. Taibi played 47 matches, before he announced his retirement from football in 2009. ==Style of play==