During his youth club career, Kijewski played with the junior teams of Warta Poznań.

Kijewski was the Polish Premier League's Top Scorer a total of five times.

Kijewski also competed with Poland at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics, where they finished in seventh place.

He was the head coach of the Polish Premier League club Lech Poznań, from 1990 to 1997.

Under his coaching leadership, Prokom won the Polish Premier League championship in four consecutive years, from 2004 to 2007.

After that, he was the head coach of the Polish club Twarde Pierniki Toruń, during the 2012–13 season.

Kijewski also worked as the head coach of the senior men's Polish national team.