Adrian Ursea

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

Adrian Ursea
Personal information
Full name Adrian Dante Ursea
Date of birth (1967-09-14) 14 September 1967[1]
Place of birth Slobozia, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Nice (manager)
Youth career
1982–1986 Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Petrolul Ploiești 102 (15)
1988–1989Victoria București (loan) 43 (5)
1991–1992 Locarno - (-)
1992–1994 Chênois - (-)
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]
2004–2005 Servette
2005–2006 Meyrin
2007–2016 Neuchâtel Xamax (technical director)
2016–2018 Nice (assistant)
2019–2020 Nice (assistant)
2020– Nice
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 nine 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]

References

  1. Adrian Ursea (in French), OGC Nice, 2016-06-09.
  2. Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 2007-06-20.
  3. Adrian Ursea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  4. Adrian Ursea at WorldFootball.net
  5. Ursea quitte Xamax et rejoint Nice (in French), Arcinfo.ch, 2016-06-07.
  6. Qui est Adrian Ursea, le nouvel adjoint de Lucien Favre à l'OGC Nice? (in French), Nice Matin, 2016-06-09.
  7. "Adrian Ursea becomes OGC Nice manager at least until the end of the season". Get French Football News. 4 December 2020.
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