Tudor Paraschiva (27 December 1919 – 15 May 1967) was a

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Club career

Tudor Paraschiva was born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

on 27 December 1919 and made his debut in

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

on 16 September 1939, playing for

Unirea Tricolor București Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football club from Bucharest, south-east Romania, founded in 1914 as Tricolor București. It was one of the most famous inter-war clubs in Romania. History Tricolor București Tricolor, first named Teiu ...

in a 3–2 loss against

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. Under the guidance of player-coach

Ștefan Cârjan Ștefan Cârjan (10 May 1909 – 18 November 1978) was a Romanian football left winger and manager. Life and career He was born in Bucharest, in the Dracului neighborhood. Cârjan played over 20 years for Unirea Tricolor București, winning the ...

he helped Unirea Tricolor win the

title in the 1940–41 season, contributing with two goals scored in 7 matches. In 1946, he went to play for

Jiul Petroșani Jiul may refer to these places in Romania: * the River Jiu ( + ) ** Jiul de Vest ** Jiul de Est * A village in Țuglui Țuglui is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroad ...

, a club where he would spend 10 seasons, scoring 66 goals in 208

matches. Paraschiva ended his playing career at

Minerul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly known as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County which competes in Liga IV – Hunedoara County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. Estab ...

, having a total of 238

matches played and 71 goals scored. After he ended his playing career, Paraschiva was coach at

Minerul Vulcan Clubul Sportiv Municipal Mihai Viteazu Vulcan, commonly known as CSM Vulcan, or unofficially as ''Minerul Vulcan'', is a Romanian football club based in Vulcan, Hunedoara County. Founded in 1921 as CS Vulcan and re-founded in 2016 as CSM Mihai Vi ...

and in 1962 he became the first coach of newly founded club, Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

International career

Tudor Paraschiva played 6 games and scored two goals at international level for

, making his debut on 11 May 1952 under coach Emerich Vogl in a friendly which ended with a 3–1 victory against

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in which he opened the score. His following appearance for the national team was also in a friendly, a 1–0 victory against

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in which he scored the goal. His third game played for the national team was in a 2–1 loss against

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at the

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in which he made a good impression, being selected by the Finnish authorities who organized the competition, to appear in a commemorative

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. Paraschiva's last three games for the national team were a 3–1 victory in a friendly against

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, a 2–0 loss against

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and a 5–1 loss against

in a friendly.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paraschiva goal''.

Honours

Unirea Tricolor București *

: 1940–41 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

runner-up: 1940–41

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