Mircea Dridea (born 7 April 1937) is a Romanian former footballer and manager.
He played as a centre forward and spent his entire club career at Petrolul Ploie?ti, where he won three Divizia A league titles and one Cupa României.
Dridea played in the European Cup defeating Bill Shankly's Liverpool 3–1 at home.Dridea was capped 18 times and scored 8 goals for the Romania national team between 1959 and 1967.
He is the older brother of Virgil Dridea, who is also a former footballer and manager of Petrolul Ploie?ti.On 5 September 1983, FAR Rabat under head coach Dridea played a friendly match against reigning European Cup winners Hamburger SV to inaugurate the new Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.