Radosław Majdan (; born 10 May 1972) is a Polish former

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who played as a

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Football career

Club

Majdan was born in

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and started at hometown club Pogoń. He moved on abroad playing for Göztepe Izmir,

PAOK FC PAOK FC (, ), short for "Pan-Thessalonian Sports club, Athletic Club of Constantinople, Constantinopolitans" (), and commonly known as PAOK Thessaloniki, PAOK Salonika or simply PAOK, is a Greek professional Association football, football cl ...

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and F.C. Ashdod. He came back to the then sporting powerhouse

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

, before ending his career back at Pogoń and

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International

In total, he played seven matches for the Poland national team. The first was on 26 January 2000 (notably he played against

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in the

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Post-playing career

Between 2006 and 2010 he was a member of the West Pomeranian Regional Assembly. He retired in May 2010, to become the

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of his last club

. He took part in numerous television game shows and contests on Polish television, and frequently featured in gossip and tabloid newspapers. He later went on to become a football pundit and commentator.

Statistics

International

Personal life

Majdan has many tattoos, including Pogoń Szczecin's crest across his left chest. Majdan and his ex-wife "Doda" (

Dorota Rabczewska Dorota Aqualiteja Rabczewska (Polish: ; born 15 February 1984), known professionally as Doda, is a Polish singer-songwriter, film producer, producer, actress and television personality. A three-time MTV Europe Music Award winner, she is among t ...

), a popular Polish pop singer, were called the "Polish Beckhams".

Honours

;PAOK *

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: 2002–03 ;Wisła Kraków *

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: 2003–04, 2004–05

References

External links

Official site
* 1972 births Living people Polish men's footballers Pogoń Szczecin players F.C. Ashdod players Göztepe S.K. footballers Wisła Kraków players PAOK FC players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Poland men's international footballers Footballers from Szczecin Ekstraklasa players I liga players Super League Greece players Süper Lig players Israeli Premier League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Men's association football goalkeepers Polonia Warsaw players {{Poland-footy-goalkeeper-stub