They were pretty good in the beginning of the 90s. Winning Coppa Italia in the 1991-1992 season and finished sixth in the league. The year before they had finished fith after being promoted to Serie A.
They then won the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1992-1993 season. They reached the final again in the following year, but lost to Arsenal.
Parma had my fellow Swede Tomas Brolin playing for them during this time. One of the most talented players we have had. He had a great world cup in 94, like our whole team who won bronze, but injured himself in the fall. He moved on to Leeds but had a difficult time there and was never the same again after that. Mostly because of the injury he had suffered in the fall of 94.
Thats true, but the pure superstar power names they had going in that time was quite spectacular for a club like Parma. You can also add Ortega, Amoroso and Dino Baggio to the list I posted earlier.
Buffon went on to possibly be the GOAT in goal. Thuram was one of the absolute best fullbacks/centrebacks for a period of probably 10 years and was one of the most important players on those national teams that won WC and Euros. Both of those players went on to sign for Juve after they cashed in on Zidane and woulda dominated the Italian league even more if not for Calciopoli.
The same can be said for Cannavaro and he obviously won the Ballon d'Or in 06 when truthfully he probably wasnt in his prime. Anyways, I always thought Nesta was a level above, but nevertheless a world class centreback for about a decade.
Veron was quite possibly the best central midfielder at Lazio in the world for a couple of seasons (at least one of them), but failed at United for various reasons. Extremely dynamic and versatile and could do everything on a football pitch in his prime.
Crespo was the hottest striker apart from Ronaldo, young, complete and could score in every way. Went to Lazio as well for a big ass fee, just as Veron, and was a true number 9. Problem was the same as Veron, when he went to England it went downhill, but still pure class.