Mircea Paraschiv (born 14 December 1954) is a Romanian former professional rugby union player and coach. He was one of the best scrum-halves of his generation. He is currently the single Romanian player inducted to the

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, inaugurated in 2005 in Twickenham.

Club career

He played for

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, from 1975 until his retirement in 1987. He won the Romanian Rugby League title in the 1981–82 season.

International career

Paraschiv has 62 caps for Romania from 1975 to 1987. He made his debut in Madrid on 4 May 1975 in a 16–12 win over Spain in the 1974–75 FIRA Trophy. His last international game was against France in November 1987. He scored 6 tries during his international career, 24 points on aggregate. He captained his national side from 1976 to 1987. Paraschiv was player and assistant coach at the

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. He played in all the three games, scoring a try in the 21–20 win over Zimbabwe in May 1987 in Auckland.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, he became a full-time coach. He coached

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, from 1988 to 2006, where he led the club to success, winning 8 league titles and 4 Romanian Cups. Paraschiv was the head coach of Romania at the

1995 Rugby World Cup The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country. The World Cup was the first major sporting event to take place in Sou ...

, with Constantin Fugigi. Romania had three losses but achieved an honourable defeat of 21–8 to future champions South Africa. He was also the head coach at the

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, achieving a 27–25 win over the United States. He was chosen as the coach of Farul Constanţa in 2010.

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* * 1954 births Living people Rugby union players from Bucharest Romanian rugby union players Romanian rugby union coaches Rugby union scrum-halves Romania international rugby union players CS Dinamo București (rugby union) players {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub