Gabriel Paraschiv

Paraschiv was born on 27 March 1978 in Moreni, Romania and began playing senior-level football during the 1998–99 Divizia C season at local club Flacăra. Midway through that season, he joined Divizia B club Chindia Târgoviște. At the end of the 1999–2000 season, the team suffered relegation to the third league, where he spent one more season with them. He started the 2001–02 season in Divizia C back with his hometown club, Flacăra, before transferring mid-season to the first-tier club Petrolul Ploiești. Paraschiv made his Divizia A debut under coach Costel Lazăr on 23 March 2002 in a 1–0 home loss to FCM Bacău. He scored his first goal in the competition on 25 May in a 2–1 loss to Dinamo București. Paraschiv could not avoid Petrolul's relegation at the end of the season, but he stayed with the club, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one year. He remained in the second league for the 2003–04 campaign on a loan spell with Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe; meanwhile, Petrolul endured a separate relegation, setting the stage for his return to the club's Divizia B squad for the following two seasons. In February 2006, Paraschiv was brought to Oțelul Galați at the request of general director Marius Stan. In his first match for his new club, a 3–0 league win over Dinamo, he scored a goal which was wrongfully disallowed by the referee. Two matches later, he scored his first legitimate goal in a 4–0 victory against FCM Bacău. On 27 August 2006, he netted a hat-trick in a…

Paraschiv earned his sole cap for Romania as a starter on 20 August 2008, before coach Victor Pițurcă substituted him at half time with Costin Lazăr during a 1–0 friendly win against Latvia.

Paraschiv was appointed head coach of Liga IV side Flacăra Moreni in January 2014, leading them to promotion to Liga III at the end of the 2015–16 season. His tenure lasted until the summer of 2025.

The local authorities of Galați awarded the "Galați Municipality Prize 2013" to Paraschiv for his entire sporting career.