Stefan Majewski

Stefan Majewski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-31) 31 January 1956
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 Warszawa	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	KS Cracovia
2009	Poland (caretaker)
2010–2013	Poland U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a retired Polish footballer and football manager. He was born in Bydgoszcz.

Career

Majewski 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 Polish 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 Polish 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 is effectively over.

External links

• Stefan Majewski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)