Tudor Paraschiva

Tudor Paraschiva (27 December 1919 – 15 May 1967) was a Romanian association football striker.^[1][4]

Personal information
Date of birth	27 December 1919
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death	15 May 1967 (aged 47)
Place of death	Sinaia, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1934–1939	Militari București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1946	Unirea Tricolor București[a]	28	(4)
1946–1957	Jiul Petroșani[b]	208	(66)
1957–1959	Minerul Lupeni[c]	10	(1)
Total		246	(71)
International career
1952–1954	Romania	6	(2)
Managerial career
1960–1961	Minerul Vulcan
1962–1967	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Paraschiva was born on 27 December 1919 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1934 at local club Militari.^[2][5][6] He made his Divizia A debut on 16 September 1939, playing for Unirea Tricolor București in a 3–2 loss to Rapid București.^[2][5][6] Under the guidance of player-coach Ștefan Cârjan he helped Unirea Tricolor win the Divizia A title in the 1940–41 season, contributing with two goals scored in seven matches.^[2][7] In the same season he helped the club reach the 1941 Cupa României final in which he played the entire match in the 4–3 loss to Rapid.^[8] In 1946, Paraschiva joined Jiul Petroșani, a club where he spent 10 seasons.^[2][5][6] In the 1947–48 season he scored a personal record of 15 goals, then in the following one he netted 14 goals which helped the team finish third.^[2] He then went to play for Minerul Lupeni in Divizia B, helping them get promoted to Divizia A in his second season.^[2] On 15 November 1959, Paraschiva made his last Divizia A appearance in a 7–0 away loss to Progresul București, having a total of 238 matches with 71 goals in the competition.^[2][5][6]

International career

Paraschiva played six games and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 11 May 1952 under coach Emerich Vogl in a 3–1 friendly victory against Czechoslovakia in which he opened the score.^[9][10] His following appearance for the national team was also in a friendly, a 1–0 victory against Poland in which he scored the goal.^[9] His third game played for The Tricolours was in the 1952 Summer Olympics, as coach Gheorghe Popescu used him in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions Hungary.^{[5][6][9][11]} In that match he made a good impression, being selected by the Finnish authorities who organized the competition, to appear in a commemorative postage stamp.^{[5][6][9][12]} Paraschiva's last three games for the national team were a 3–1 friendly win over East Germany, a 2–0 loss to Czechoslovakia during the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and a 5–1 loss against Hungary in a friendly.^[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paraschiva goal.^[9]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 May 1952	Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania	Czechoslovakia	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2	25 May 1952	Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania	Poland	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Paraschiva started coaching at Minerul Vulcan.^[5][6][13] In 1962, he became the first coach of the newly founded club, Pandurii Târgu Jiu.^{[5][6][14][15]} In his first season, he managed to promote it to Divizia C, where he led the team until his death in 1967.^[14][15]

Death

Paraschiva died on 15 May 1967 at age 47.^[2][5]

Honours

Player

Unirea Tricolor București

• Divizia A: 1940–41^[7]
• Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41^[8]

Minerul Lupeni

• Divizia B: 1958–59^[2]

Manager

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

• County championship: 1962–63^[14]

Notes

1. The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances during this period for Unirea Tricolor București are not official with the exception of the 1945–46 regional championship.^[2][3]
2. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Jiul Petroșani are not official.^[2]
3. The statistics for the 1957–58 and 1958–59 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.^[2]