After appearing regularly at Vicenza Calcio, where he played mainly as a central defender, alongside Joachim Björklund, a 2nd place in the league followed in 1997–98 at Inter Milan, with whom he signed a four-year contract,[4] and won the UEFA Cup. Previously, in April 1997, he had agreed to sign for Parma AC,[5] but eventually joined that club in the 1998 summer, adding another UEFA Cup triumph in 1998–99.