Mircea Paraschiv
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| Date of birth | 1954 | |||
| Place of birth | Romania | |||
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| Position(s) | Scrum-half | |||
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Mircea Paraschiv (born 1954) is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half. He is usually considered one of the best Romanian rugby footballers of all times.
Paraschiv had 62 caps for Romania, from his debut in a 16-12 win over Spain, at 4 May 1975, in Madrid, for the FIRA Championship, to his last game, a 49-3 loss to France, at 11 November 1987, in Agen for the FIRA Championship. He scored 6 tries during his international career, 24 points on aggregate. He was his national team captain from 1980 to 1987.
He played at the 1987 Rugby World Cup as the captain, in all the three games of the Romanian team, scoring a try in the 21-20 win over Zimbabwe, at 23 May 1987, in Auckland.
He finished his career in 1990 to become a coach. He was the coach of Dinamo Bucharest, from 1990/91 to 2005/06.
Paraschiv was the head coach of Romania at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with Constantin Fugigi. Romania had three losses but achieved an honourable defeat of 21-8 to future champions South Africa. He was also the head coach at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, achieving a 27-25 win over the United States.
He was chosen as the coach of Farul Constanţa in 2010.
He is currently the single Romanian player inducted to the World Rugby Museum Wall of Fame, inaugurated in 2005 in Twickenham.
External links
- Mircea Paraschiv International Statistics
- Mircea Paraschiv at the World Rugby Museum Wall of Fame Official Site
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