Sorin Paraschiv (full name Sorin Ion Paraschiv) was born on June 17 1981 in Alexandria, Romania and he is famous Romanian soccer player.

Biography and Career

Sorin Paraschiv began his professional career playing for Steaua Bucharest. He made his first appearance in the First Romanian Division(Divizia A) in 2000, when he was only 19 years old, in a match versus FC Extensiv Craiova won by his team with 3:0.

Even though he only played only 1 game in his first season, Steaua won the champion 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 Steaus’s main leader Mirel Rad

oi.

After 3 seasons in which Steaua finished on the second place, Paraschiv and his team mates succeeded to win the champion title 2 seasons in the road (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 139 games in the European cups. He debuted in the season 2002-2003 in the qualifiers for UEFA Champions League when Steaua was eliminated by Dynamo Kiev.

He played in 2 other seasons in UEFA Cup but his climbing in the European Cups started in the season 2004-2005 in UEFA Cup. Although Steaua defeated teams like Valencia, (the ex-winner of UEFA Cup) Besiktas Istanbul and Standard Liege was eliminated in 1/8 finals by Villareal.

Next season after they were eliminated from UEFA Champions League qualifiers by Rosenborg, Steaua played in UEFA Cup and reached the semifinal phase. They had important victories against Lens, Heerenven, Betis Sevilla and against their forever rivals from the internal competition, Rapid Bucharest in the quarter final. They were stopped in the semifinal after two dramatic games by Middlebrough.

In the season 2006-2007 they succeeded to qualify in UEFA Champions League in a group with Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Dynamo Kiev after they defeated Standard Liege in the qualifiers.

For the national team Sorin Paraschiv debuted in 2004 in a game against Andorra, which ended with the Romanians vitory (5-1). He also played in another 3 games against Armenia, Ivory Coast and Nigeria but didn’t score anytime.

Performances:

- He scored 11 goals in 139 matches in the First League
- Champion of Romania in 2000-2001 / 2004-2005 / 2005-2006
- He played 34 matches in the European Cups and he scored 3 goals
- He played 4 matches for the National Team of Romania

Short Facts:

Birth place: Alexandria
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 71 kg
Position: central defensive midfielder
Nickname: The Mastiff , Para, The Tiger
Nationality: Romanian

External Links:

Sorin Paraschiv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steaua Bucharest Official Website
Google Images of Sorin Paraschiv

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Category: Sport Stars  - ( Sport Stars Archive)

Date Added: 18 October '06

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