Adrian Dante Ursea (born 14 September 1967) is a Romanian professional

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manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of

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club

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Early life

Born in

Slobozia Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,241 in 2011. Etymology Its name is from the Romanian "slobozie", which meant a recently colonized village which was free of taxation. The word its ...

, Ursea completed his schooling in

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Playing career

Ursea played 102 games for the Romanian top flight side Petrolul Ploiești, and also played for various clubs in Switzerland.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Ursea went into coaching, and for four years was technical director at Swiss side

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

. On 4 December 2020, he became the manager of

after

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was dismissed. He left Nice by the end of the 2020–21 season.

Managerial statistics

References

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