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Polish footballer and manager

Stefan Majewski
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-31) 31 January 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Gwiazda Bydgoszcz
1971–1977 Chemik Bydgoszcz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1979–1984 Legia Warsaw 158 (16)
1985–1987 1. FC Kaiserslautern 63 (1)
1987–1988 Arminia Bielefeld 34 (1)
1988–1989 Apollon Limassol
1989–1993 Freiburger FC
International career
1978–1986 Poland 40 (4)
Managerial career
1994 Polonia Warsaw
1995–1996 Polonia Warsaw
1997–1999 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
1999–2001 Amica Wronki
2001 Zagłębie Lubin
2002 Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
2003–2004 Amica Wronki
2004–2006 Widzew Łódź
2006–2008 Cracovia
2009–2010 Poland U23
2009 Poland (caretaker)
2010–2012 Poland U21
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Cracovia.

Club career

Majewski was born in Bydgoszcz. He played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warsaw, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (West Germany), Arminia Bielefeld (West Germany) or Apollon Limassol (Cyprus).

International career

Most notably, he also played for the Poland national team, for which he played 40 matches and scored four goals. Majewski was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place, and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Majewski later pursued a coaching career, he coached the team of Widzew Łódź in 2004–06. Between 2 October 2006 and 27 October 2008, he was the coach of Cracovia. On 18 September 2009, Majewski became the interim caretaker coach/manager for the Poland national football team following the dismissal of his predecessor Leo Beenhakker. Poland lost 2–0 to the Czech Republic in a 2010 World Cup qualifier match during his debutant match as the head coach. On 29 October 2009, Franciszek Smuda was named as the full-time coach of the team, meaning that Majewski's stint as caretaker manager was effectively over.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 1978 4 1
1979 6 0
1980 3 0
1981 4 1
1982 10 1
1983 6 1
1984 1 0
1985 0 0
1986 6 0
Total 40 4

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw

Poland

Manager

Amica Wronki

References

  1. "Stefan Majewski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. "Smuda lands 'dream' Poland job". UEFA. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Stefan Majewski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. Woźny, Michał (12 November 2023). "Były piłkarz, trener i dyrektor sportowy, która miał kompletną karierę w piłce". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 October 2024.

External links

Poland squads
Poland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup third place
Poland
Poland squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup
Poland
Managerial positions
Polonia Warsaw – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Widzew Łódź – managers
KS Cracovia – managers
Poland national football team – managers
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