Sorin Ioan Paraschiv (born 17 June 1981) is a Romanian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Steaua București (1999–2007)

After being a member of the Steaua Youth Academy, where Paraschiv started to play football in 1992, aged 11, in 1999, aged 18, he signed his first professional contract with Steaua. He made his first appearance in

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in 2000, when he was only 19 years old, in a match versus

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won by his team with 3–0. Even though he only played only 1 game in his first season, Steaua won the championship title that year. Starting from the season 2001–2002 Paraschiv became an essential player for Steaua and because of his performances constantly good he became the vice-captain of the team after Steaua's main leader

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. After 3 seasons in which Steaua finished on the second place, Paraschiv and his teammates succeeded to win the champion title in 2 consecutive seasons ( 2004–2005, 2005–2006). Even though he only scored eleven times in 139 games Paraschiv has an important place in the coordination of Steaua's play. Sorin Paraschiv played 34 games and he scored three times in the European cups. He debuted in the season 2002–2003 in the qualifiers for

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when Steaua was eliminated by

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. He played in 2 other seasons in

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but his climbing in the European Cups started in the season 2004–2005 in UEFA Cup. Although Steaua defeated teams like

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, the ex-winner of UEFA Cup,

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and

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was eliminated in 1/8 finals by

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. Next season after they were eliminated from

qualifiers by Rosenborg, Steaua played in UEFA Cup and reached the semifinal phase. They had important victories against

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and against their rivals from the internal competition,

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in the quarter final. They were stopped in the semifinal after two dramatic games by

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. In the season 2006–2007 they succeeded to qualify in UEFA Champions League in a group with

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and

after they defeated

in the qualifiers. He played at Steaua until 2007, winning three Romanian championships (2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06) and two Romanian Super Cups.

Rimini Calcio F.C. (2007–2009)

On 4 July 2007 Italian

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club

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officially announced to have signed him. Paraschiv's contract with Rimini is due to expire in June 2011.

Unirea Urziceni (2009–2010)

On 30 June 2009 he left Italy and returned to his homeland to sign with

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International career

For the

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Sorin Paraschiv debuted in 2004 in a game against

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, which ended with the Romanians victory (5-1). He also played in another 3 games against

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and

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but did not score anytime.

International stats

Honours

;Steaua București *

: 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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;Unirea Urziceni *

runner-up:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paraschiv, Sorin 1981 births Living people People from Alexandria, Romania Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Romania youth international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Steaua București players FC Unirea Urziceni players Rimini F.C. 1912 players FC Volyn Lutsk players FCV Farul Constanța players CS Concordia Chiajna players Liga I players Liga II players Serie B players Ukrainian Premier League players