Tudor Paraschiva

Club career Paraschiva was born on 27 December 1919 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1934 at local club Militari. He made his Divizia A debut on 16 September 1939, playing for Unirea Tricolor București in a 3–2 loss to Rapid București. 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. In 1946, Paraschiva joined Jiul Petroșani, a club where he spent 10 seasons. His following appearance for the national team was also in a friendly, a 1–0 victory against Poland in which he scored the goal. 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. 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. In 1962, he became the first coach of the newly founded club, Pandurii Târgu Jiu. In his first season, he managed to promote it to Divizia C, where he led the team until his death in 1967.

Death Paraschiva died on 15 May 1967 at age 47.

Honours Player Unirea Tricolor București Divizia A: 1940–41 Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41 Minerul Lupeni Divizia B: 1958–59

Manager Pandurii Târgu Jiu County championship: 1962–63