Aurel Șunda

Aurel Șunda
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-10-14) 14 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Becicherecu Mic, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) 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 a Romanian 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 Timișoara, 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 Banat as a manager and/ or assistant coach of Politehnica Timișoara, CSM Reșița 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 CFR Cluj, 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.[1] He was sacked five months later, in March 2014, subsequently working as a youth center manager of the club.[2]

Șunda is an ethnic Aromanian.[3]

Achievements

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Player

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Politehnica Timișoara
UM Timișoara

Manager

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UM Timișoara
Unirea Alba Iulia
CFR Cluj

References

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  1. ^ Aurel Ștefan (antrenor principal ACS Poli Timișoara): "Suntem prea mici să ne punem cu Astra, care a venit pregătită din toate punctele de vedere". sporttim.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Aurel Șunda. acspoli.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Both, Ștefan (8 January 2019). "Povestea aromânilor din Banatul Timișean. De unde a venit acest "neam frate cu românii"". Adevărul (in Romanian).
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