 Complete the following phrase:  Born in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Taffarel began his career playing for Internacional but only appeared in 14 Série A games during his five-year spell, being however awarded the Golden Ball award for the 1988 season. In 1990, he moved abroad and joined Parma in Italy, a club which had been freshly promoted to Serie A for the first time in its history; according to a 2003 article by Andrea Schianchi of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Taffarels move to Parma was also carried out for commercial reasons, as at the time, Calisto Tanzi, the thenowner of Parmalat  the company that owned the club , was looking to have the Brazilian goalkeeper become the face of the corporations new advertising campaign following its recent expansion into Brazil. Taffarel became the first nonItalian goalkeeper to play in Serie A, and proceeded to appear in all 34 league games in 