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

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striker.

Club career

Tudor Paraschiva was born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

on 27 December 1919, starting to play junior level football at local club, Militari in 1934. He made his

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut on 16 September 1939, playing for

Unirea Tricolor București Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football (soccer), football football team, 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 Bucu ...

in a 3–2 loss in front of

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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 ...

he helped Unirea Tricolor win the

title in the 1940–41 season, contributing with two goals scored in seven matches, also in the same season he helped the club reach the

1941 Cupa României final The 1941 Cupa României Final was the 8th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Unirea Tricolor București and Rapid București, and was won by Rapid București after a game with 7 goals. It was th ...

in which he played all the minutes in the 4–3 loss in front of

. In 1946, Paraschiva 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 is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, ...

, a club where he would spend 10 seasons, in the one from 1947–48 he scored a personal record of 15 goals, then in the following edition he netted 14 goals which helped the team finish third. He then went to play for

Minerul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly referred to as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County, which competes in Liga III , the third tier of the Romanian football league system. Established in 192 ...

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

, helping it promote to Divizia A in his second season where on 15 November 1959 he made his last appearance in a 7–0 away loss in front of Progresul București, having a total of 238 matches played with 71 goals scored in the competition.

International career

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

, making his debut on 11 May 1952 under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 3–1 victory against

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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 at the

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, coach Gheorghe Popescu using him in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions

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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 in front of

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

in a friendly.

International goals

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

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Paraschiva was coach at Minerul Vulcan and in 1962 he became the first coach of newly founded club,

Pandurii Târgu Jiu The uprising of 1821 was a social and political rebellion in Wallachia, which was at the time a tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. It originated as a movement against the Phanariote administration, with backing from the more conservative b ...

which in his first season he managed to promote to

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where he led it until his death in 1967.

Honours

Player

Unirea Tricolor București *

: 1940–41 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () 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. It is the Romania ...

runner-up: 1940–41 Minerul Lupeni *

: 1958–59

Manager

Pandurii Târgu Jiu *

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: 1962–63

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