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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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrian Dante Ursea | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 September 1967||
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 |
Born in Slobozia, Ursea completed his schooling in Ploiești.
Ursea played 102 games for the Romanian top flight side Petrolul Ploiești, and also played for various clubs in Switzerland.[3][4]
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]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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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 | — |
Étoile Carouge
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