 Taffarel akaberekerwa kuSanta Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, akatanga basa rake achitamba kuInternacional asi akangobuda mumitambo gumi nemana yeSérie A mumakore ake mashanu, zvisinei achipihwa mubairo weGolden Ball wemwaka wa1988. Muna 1990, akatamira kunze kwenyika uye akabatana neParma muItaly, kirabhu iyo yakanga ichangobva kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A kekutanga munhoroondo yayo; maererano nechinyorwa cha2003 naAndrea Schianchi we La Gazzetta dello Sport, Taffarels kuenda kuParma kwakaitwawo nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekutengesa, sezvo panguva iyoyo, Calisto Tanzi, ipapo muridzi weParmalat iyo kambani yaive nekirabhu , yaitsvaga kuti muchengeti wemagariro weBrazil ave chiso chekushambadzira kutsva kwekambani inotevera kuwedzera kwayo kuchangobva kuitika muBrazil. Taffarel akava muchengeti wepagedhi wekutanga asiri weItaly kutamba muSerie A, uye akaenderera mberi nekuonekwa mumitambo yese makumi matatu nemana yemakwikwi mumwaka unoteverapasi pemurairidzi Nevio Scala, sezvo divi reEmilia-Romagna rakapedza riri pachinzvimbo chechitanhatu uye rakakwanisa kuenda kuEFAFA Cup. Akakunda Coppa Italia muna 1992 uye Cup Winners Cup muna 1993 panguva yake yokutanga spell pamwe kirabhu, kunyange pashure dzakatevedzana unconvincing mabasa, uye mitemo panguva kuti chete akabvumira vatatu vasiri vatambi Italian muchikwata kutanga XI na Faustino Asprilla, Tomas Brolin, uye Georges Grün kazhinji kusarudzwa kutanga kubudikidza Scala, iye akadonhedzwa kubhenji pamusoro kosi inotevera mwaka miviri, pakutanga shure Marco Ballotta uye gare gare Luca Bucci. 