Teofil Codreanu, nicknamed Parpală was born on 1 February 1941 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play football in 1956 at junior level at CCA București.
[4][5][6] In 1959 he went to play for Rapid București where on 18 March 1962 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–1 with Minerul Lupeni.
[4][5][6][8] He also won the 1971–72 Cupa României, playing four games in the campaign, including being used by coach Bazil Marian as a starter in the 2–0 over Jiul Petroșani from the final.
[4][5][6] Teofil Codreanu made one appearance at international level for Romania, playing on 23 October 1965 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–1 away loss against Turkey at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.
[2][11] Teofil Codreanu was also a manager who coached mostly in the Romanian lower leagues at Mecanică Fină București, Unirea Răcari, CSM Borzești and Metalul Rădăuți, having only a single Divizia A experience which consisted of seven games at Rapid București, also coaching for many years at the team's center of children and juniors.