Stefan Majewski is a retired Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 soccer player and subsequently a football manager who recently was the interim manager of the Polish national team.

Career

Majewski played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz is a military-sponsored sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th century knight, Zawisza Czarny...

, Legia Warsaw, 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1. FC Kaiserslautern

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 (West Germany

West Germany

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), Arminia Bielefeld

Arminia Bielefeld

DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

 (West Germany) or Apollon Limassol

Apollon Limassol

Apollon Limassol is a Greek Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon F.C...

 (Cyprus

Cyprus

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).

International career

Most notably, he also played for the Polish national team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

, for which he played 40 matches and scored 4 goals. Majewski was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup

1982 FIFA World Cup

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, where Poland won the third place, and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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.

Coaching career

Majewski later pursued a coaching career, he coached the team of Widzew Łódź in 2004-2006. Between October 2, 2006 and October 27, 2008, he was the coach of Cracovia. On 18 September 2009 Majewski became the interim caretaker coach/manager for the Poland national football team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

 following the dismissal of his predecessor Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker

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. 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

Franciszek Smuda

Franciszek Smuda is a Polish football manager and former player. Who played in Poland, the United States, and Germany. In 1983 he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish league titles...

was named as the full-time coach of the team, meaning that Majewski's stint as caretaker manager is effectively over.