Radoslaw Majdan
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Radosław Majdan (nicknamed Rada [ˈrada]; born May 10, 1972 in Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

) is a Polish
Poland
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 former football goalkeeper.

In total, Majdan has played seven matches for Polish national team. The first was on January 26, 2000 (notably he played against U.S.
United States
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 in the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
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). Between 2006-2010 he was a member of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly
West Pomeranian Regional Assembly
The West Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of the voivodeship of West Pomeranian, Poland. It is a unicameral body consists of thirty councillors elected in free elections for a 4-year term...

. Currently he is goalkeepers trainer for his last club Polonia Warsaw

Player career

He retired in May 2010 becoming the sports director of his last club Polonia Warsaw.

He has many tattoos, including the logo
Logo
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 of Pogoń
Pogon Szczecin
MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

 across his left chest.

Majdan and his ex wife "Doda" (Dorota Rabczewska
Dorota Rabczewska
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), a popular Polish pop singer, were called the "Polish Beckhams."

Clubs

  • Pogoń Szczecin
    Pogon Szczecin
    MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

  • Göztepe Izmir
  • PAOK FC
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  • Bursaspor
    Bursaspor
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  • F.C. Ashdod
    F.C. Ashdod
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  • Wisła Kraków
  • Pogoń Szczecin
    Pogon Szczecin
    MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

  • Polonia Warsaw

Political career

In 2006 local election
Polish local elections, 2006
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 he was elected to the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly
West Pomeranian Regional Assembly
The West Pomeranian Regional Assembly is the regional legislature of the voivodeship of West Pomeranian, Poland. It is a unicameral body consists of thirty councillors elected in free elections for a 4-year term...

 III Term. He polled 15,262 votes in 1 district, candidating from the Civic Platform
Civic Platform
Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President...

 list. He was a member of Education, Culture and Sport Committee. During next election in 2010 he gave up his political career.

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