 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Cannavaro akatengeswa kuParma muzhizha ra1995 uye mumwaka wake wokutanga, akabva angova mutambi wenguva dzose muchikwata chokutanga, achihwina kamwe chete mumitambo 29 muligi. Haana kungoenderera mberi kuhwina mikombe nekirabhu chete, asi zvakare akawana zviitiko zvakati wandei zvemunhu, achinzi kaputeni wechikwata. Zvakanga zviriwo muParma kuti akasangana Gianluigi Buffon uye Lilian Thuram, uyo aizoumba kwete chete imwe yezvikwata zvekuchengetedza zvakasimba zveEurope neCannavaro, asi aizovawo dzimwe shamwari dzake dzepedyo munhabvu. Vamwe vatambi vanoratidzira mune ino ngano Parma backline vaive Luigi Sartor, Roberto Mussi, Antonio Benarrivo, Luigi Apolloni uye weArgentina Néstor Sensini. Cannavaro akatanga kubudirira munguva yake paParma. Mumwaka wake wokutanga, Parma yakabviswa muchikamu chechipiri cheCoppa Italia, asi yakapedza munzvimbo yechitanhatu muSerie A mwaka iwoyo, ichikodzera UEFA Cup. Parma yakasvikawo kumaquarter-fainari e1995 96 UEFA Cup Winners Cup mwaka iwoyo. Parma yakapedza mwaka wa1996-97 Serie Asezvo runners-up kuna Serie A vakundi Juventus, vachibvumira kuti vanokodzera kuti UEFA Champions League rakatevera mwaka. Parma yakadzingwa zvakare mumutambo wechipiri weCoppa Italia uye mumutambo wekutanga weEFAFA Cup mwaka iwoyo. Mumwaka wa19971998, Parma yakapedza iri pachinzvimbo chechishanu muSerie A uye yakasvika kuma semi fainari eCoppa Italia, nepo vakabviswa muchikamu cheboka reChampions League, vachipedza vari vechipiri muboka ravo kune vanodzivirira makwikwi Borussia Dortmund. 