Adrian Ursea
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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)
 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 | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Yverdon Sport (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 | ||
| 2023–2025 | Étoile Carouge | ||
| 2025–2026 | Yverdon Sport | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian Dante Ursea (born 14 September 1967) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who most recently was manager of Challenge League club Yverdon Sport.
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]
