Adrian Ursea
 Portrait of former football player, currently manager, Adrian Ursea | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Dante Ursea | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1967[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Slobozia, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Étoile Carouge (head coach) | ||
| 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 | 20 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Fribourg | ||
| 2000–2001 | Vevey | ||
| Total | 189 | (32) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Vevey (player/coach) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Servette (assistant) | ||
| 2003 | Servette[2] (caretaker) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Servette (assistant) | ||
| 2004 | Servette (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Meyrin | ||
| 2007–2011 | Neuchâtel Xamax (technical director) | ||
| 2011–2016 | Neuchâtel Xamax (academy manager) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Nice (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Servette U21 | ||
| 2019–2020 | Nice (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Nice | ||
| 2023– | Étoile Carouge | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian Dante Ursea (born 14 September 1967) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Swiss Challenge League club Étoile Carouge.
Early life
[edit]Born in Slobozia, Ursea completed his schooling in Ploiești.
Playing career
[edit]Ursea played 102 games for the Romanian top flight side Petrolul Ploiești, and also played for various clubs in Switzerland.[3][4]
Coaching career
[edit]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
[edit]- As of match played 25 November 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
 Servette (caretaker)
|
21 March 2003 | 20 June 2003 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 33.33 | |
| Servette (caretaker)
|
17 August 2004 | 12 October 2004 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 57.14 | |
| Meyrin
|
1 July 2005 | 22 October 2005 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 7.14 | |
 Nice
|
4 December 2020 | 23 May 2021 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 36.67 | [9] |
| Étoile Carouge
|
1 July 2023 | present | 47 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 101 | 61 | +40 | 68.09 | |
| Total | 110 | 52 | 21 | 37 | 174 | 155 | +19 | 47.27 | — | ||
Honours
[edit]Coach
[edit]Étoile Carouge
References
[edit]- ^ Adrian Ursea (in French), OGC Nice, 9 June 2016.
- ^ Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF, 20 June 2007.
- ^ Adrian Ursea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Adrian Ursea at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Ursea quitte Xamax et rejoint Nice (in French), ArcInfo, 7 June 2016.
- ^ Qui est Adrian Ursea, le nouvel adjoint de Lucien Favre à l'OGC Nice? (in French), Nice Matin, 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Adrian Ursea becomes OGC Nice manager at least until the end of the season". Get French Football News. 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Official: Adrian Ursea leaves OGC Nice". Get French Football News. 23 May 2021.
- ^ "OGC Nice: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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