| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1957-10-14)14 October 1957 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Becicherecu Mic, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Politehnica Timișoara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 1976–1979 | CFR Timișoara | 66 | (1) |
| 1979–1987 | Politehnica Timișoara | 218 | (10) |
| 1988–1990 | Progresul Timișoara | 49 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | UM Timișoara | ||
| Total | 333 | (14) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1994 | UM Timișoara | ||
| 1994–1996 | Politehnica Timișoara (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 1998 | CSM Reșița (assistant) | ||
| 1998 | CSM Reșița (caretaker) | ||
| 1998–1999 | CSM Reșița (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2001 | UM Timișoara | ||
| 2001–2003 | Apulum Alba Iulia | ||
| 2003 | Minaur Zlatna | ||
| 2003 | Apulum Alba Iulia | ||
| 2003–2005 | CFR Cluj | ||
| 2005 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2006 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
| 2006–2007 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2007 | FC Precizia Săcele | ||
| 2007 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| 2007–2009 | Unirea Alba Iulia | ||
| 2009–2011 | Săgeata Stejaru | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hunedoara | ||
| 2012–2013 | Săgeata Năvodari | ||
| 2013–2014 | ACS Poli Timișoara | ||
| 2018 | ACS Poli Timișoara (technical director) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aurel Șunda (born 14 October 1957) is aRomanian former footballer and manager. As a footballer, Șunda played mainly as adefender forPolitehnica Timișoara, club for which he played in more than 200 matches. In fact, as a player, Șunda never leftTimișoara, also playing for other local teams such asCFR Timișoara,Progresul Timișoara orUM Timișoara.
He retired in 1991 and started a career as a football manager at his last club where he played,UM Timișoara. In the 1990s Șunda remained inBanat as a manager and/ or assistant coach ofPolitehnica Timișoara,CSM Reșița orUM Timișoara. Former UMT player promoted the team in the top-flight, in 2000, for the first time in the history of "the zebras". In the 2000s Șunda was a globetrotter, managing 12 clubs, but with very good results atUnirea Alba Iulia andCFR Cluj, periods in which he received his nickname "the Professor". After 2010, Șunda was the manager ofFC Hunedoara andSăgeata Năvodari, just to return at his great love, Politehnica Timișoara, now represented by one of its successors,ACS Poli Timișoara.[1] He was sacked five months later, in March 2014, subsequently working as a youth center manager of the club.[2]
Șunda is an ethnicAromanian.[3]