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.[1]
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bydgoszcz, Poland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editMajewski 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
editMost 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
editMajewski 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.[2]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| 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
editPlayer
editLegia Warsaw
- Polish Cup: 1979–80, 1980–81[3]
Poland
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1982[3]
Manager
editAmica Wronki[4]
- Polish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Polish Super Cup: 1999
References
edit- ^ "Stefan Majewski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Smuda lands 'dream' Poland job". UEFA. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Stefan Majewski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ 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
edit- Stefan Majewski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)