Aurel Șunda (born 14 October 1957) is a

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n former footballer and manager. As a footballer, Șunda played mainly as a defender for Politehnica Timișoara, club for which he played in more than 200 matches. In fact, as a player, Șunda never left

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, also playing for other local teams such as CFR Timișoara, Progresul Timișoara or UM 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 in

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as a manager and/ or assistant coach of Politehnica Timișoara,

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or UM 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 at Unirea Alba Iulia and

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, periods in which he received his nickname "the Professor". After 2010, Șunda was the manager of FC Hunedoara and Săgeata Năvodari, just to return at his great love, Politehnica Timișoara, now represented by one of its successors,

ACS Poli Timișoara Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara (), commonly known as ACS Poli Timișoara, Poli Timișoara or simply ACS Poli, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County. The team was founded in 2012, the ye ...

. He was sacked five months later, in March 2014, subsequently working as a youth center manager of the club. Șunda is an ethnic Aromanian.

Achievements

Player

;Politehnica Timișoara *

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(1): 1979–80 *

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(2): 1983–84, 1986–87 ;UM Timișoara *

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(1): 1990–91

Manager

;UM Timișoara *

(1): 2000–01 ;Unirea Alba Iulia *

(1): 2002–03 ;CFR Cluj *

(1): 2003–04

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunda, Aurel 1957 births Living people Footballers from Timiș County Romanian people of Aromanian descent Aromanian sportspeople Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Timișoara players CSF CFR Timișoara players Romanian football managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers CSM Reșița managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers CFR Cluj managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers CSM Jiul Petroșani managers FC Brașov (1936) managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers FC Corvinul Hunedoara managers AFC Săgeata Năvodari managers ACS Poli Timișoara managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen