Career
He was nicknamed "The Carpathian Arrow" by coach Helenio Herrera. His last name is sometimes spelled Pîrcălaboratory He had to change the spelling of his last name in 1953 (due to a Romanian language spelling reform) to Pîrcălab, but in 1993 the spelling was reverted to Pârcălaboratory
Which means the during his football career he had to use the spelling Pîrcălab (see Romanian special letters).
Pârcălab played for UTA Arad, Dinamo Bucureşti and in France. In 1965, he was awarded the title "Best Football Player" in Romania.
He also participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the Romanian national team