Adrian Dante Ursea (born 14 September 1967) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club OGC Nice.

Adrian Ursea

Portrait of former football player, currently manager, Adrian Ursea
Personal information
Full name	Adrian Dante Ursea
Date of birth	(1967-09-14) 14 September 1967 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth	Slobozia, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1986	Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1991	Petrolul Ploiești	102	(15)
1988–1989	→ Victoria București (loan)	43	(5)
1991–1992	Locarno	13	(4)
1992–1994	Chênois	7	(2)
1994	Rapid București	4	(0)
1995	Étoile Carouge
1995–1996	Bulle
1996–1997	Vevey
1997–1999	Stade Nyonnais
1999–2000	Fribourg
Teams managed
2000–2001	Vevey
2001–2003	Servette (assistant)
2003	Servette[2] (caretaker)
2003–2004	Servette (assistant)
2004	Servette (caretaker)
2005	Meyrin
2011–2016	Neuchâtel Xamax (youth)
2016–2018	Nice (assistant)
2019	Servette U21
2019–2020	Nice (assistant)
2020–2021	Nice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born in Slobozia, Ursea completed his schooling in Ploiești.

Playing career

Ursea played 102 games for the Romanian top flight side Petrolul Ploiești, and also played for various clubs in Switzerland.[3][4]

Coaching career

After his retirement, Ursea went into coaching, and for four years was technical director at Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax.[5][6] On 4 December 2020, he became the manager of OGC Nice after Patrick Vieira was dismissed.[7] He left Nice by the end of the 2020–21 season.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 May 2021

References

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