Adrian Ursea
Romanian footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 | |||
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 14 December 2024
| 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 | 56 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 115 | 72 | +43 | 64.29 | |
| Total | 119 | 56 | 23 | 40 | 188 | 166 | +22 | 47.06 | — | ||
Honours
Coach
Étoile Carouge
References
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