Aurel Șunda (born 14 October 1957) is a Romanian former footballer and manager.
He retired in 1991 and started a career as a football manager at his last club where he played, 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".
[1] He was sacked five months later, in March 2014, subsequently working as a youth center manager of the club.