Parma's UEFA Cup winning side of 1998/1999: Where are they now?

Parma UEFA Cup 1999
Coming into the new millenium, Parma were one of the biggest forces in European football 

Fabio Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro Parma
Fabio Cannavaro came to the fore at Parma

Generally considered one of the greatest defenders of all time, Fabio Cannavaro has had a career where he has won nearly everything including leading the Azzurri to the World Cup in 2006. Starting out at Napoli, Cannavaro made his name at Parma, playing 212 games for the club. He would then go on to enjoy a storied career that involved stints with Intern Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid.

After retiring in 2011 at Al-Ahli, Cannavaro took up management in China – currently working as the manager of Tianjin Quanjian.

Dino Baggio

Dino Baggio Parma
Dino Baggio

Despite sharing the same name and nationality, Dino Baggio is NOT related to Roberto Baggio, but did have a fairly successful career in Serie A and internationally. Baggio came through the Torino youth academy and eventually found his way to Parma via the Torina first team, Inter and Juventus. Juventus were, in fact, so keen to keep Baggio that they offered Parma a young attacker called Alessandro Del Piero instead (I wonder what happened to him).

Baggio, however, soon left Parma after this UEFA Cup final and joined Lazio alongside fellow Parma star Roberto Sensini before spending time out of loan at Blackburn Rovers, Ancona and ending his career at Tombolo. He is currently enjoying his retirement and occasionally spends time with his non-brother Roberto Baggio.

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