Ovidiu Burcă

Ovidiu Nicușor Burcă (born 16 March 1980) is a Romanian football manager.

Early career
Born in Slatina, Burcă began his youth career at Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu.

Emelec
He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six appearances.

JEF United Ichihara
A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club JEF United Ichihara and signed with them. He played there only four matches and impressed the scouts of Ventforet Kofu and he was transferred immediately.

Ventforet Kofu
Burcă played sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet.

Universitatea Craiova
After a year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Burcă returned to Romania to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo București who signed him.

Dinamo București
He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 season. After spending three years with Dinamo, Burcă signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with FC Național.

Energie Cottbus
In June 2007, Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus announced signing him a three-year contract. However, in his first Bundesliga season at the club he did not make any appearance due a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 2007–08 season. Burcă was one of the key players at Cottbus and they named him as captain in 2009. He was loaned out in 2008 to Chinese club Beijing Guoan.

Politehnica Timișoara
After his contract expired with the German side, Burcă signed a one-year contract with FC Politehnica Timișoara returning to Liga 1 after three years. He was handed the number 25 shirt. He made his debut in a Europa League play-off against Manchester City in a 2–0 loss.

Player
Dinamo București Național București Rapid București
 * Divizia A: 2003–04
 * Cupa României: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
 * Supercupa României: 2005
 * Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06
 * Cupa României runner-up: 2011–12

Coach
CSM Slatina
 * Liga III: 2021–22