Polish footballer (born 1996)
Ewa Pajor Personal information Full name Ewa Barbara Pajor[ 1] Date of birth (1996-12-03 ) 3 December 1996 (age 28) Place of birth Uniejów , PolandHeight 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Position Striker Team information Current team
Barcelona Number 17 Youth career 2004–2009 Orlęta Wielenin 2009–2012 Medyk Konin Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2012–2015 Medyk Konin 60 (64) 2015–2016 VfL Wolfsburg II 8 (3) 2015–2024 VfL Wolfsburg 121 (96) 2024– Barcelona 35 (31) International career‡ 2009–2011 Poland U15 3 (0) 2011–2013 Poland U17 18 (15) 2013–2014 Poland U19 7 (7) 2013– Poland 104 (69) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:54, 23 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2025
Ewa Barbara Pajor (Polish: [ˈɛva ˈpajɔr] ; born 3 December 1996) is a Polish professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forLiga F clubBarcelona andcaptains thePoland national team .[ 2]
Starting her senior career withMedyk Konin , she won twoEkstraliga titles and threenational cups with Medyk in three years. In 2015, she transferred toVfL Wolfsburg , where she won fiveFrauen-Bundesliga titles, nine consecutiveDFB-Pokals , two league top goalscorer awards, and featured in threeUEFA Women's Champions League finals. In 2024, she moved toBarcelona . In her first season, she was the club's top scorer in all competitions as they won a domestic triple and finished the2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League as runners-up.
She was namedPolish Women's Player of the Year five times by thePiłka Nożna weekly, won the Women'sGerd Müller Trophy in 2025, and placed 8th inthat year's Ballon d'Or .
Pajor comes fromPęgów . She started her football training at the age of 8 in Orlęty Wielenin. After graduating from primary school, she moved toKonin and trained withMedyk Konin . On 14 April 2012, she made herEkstraliga debut, entering the game in the 55th minute of the match againstAZS PWSZ Biała Podlaska , winning 3–0. On her debut, she scored two goals. The first goal was scored two minutes after entering the pitch. She became the youngest player ever to play in Ekstraliga at 15 years and 133 days old.[ 3] To be able to participate in this match, a special permit was needed from PZPN, because the regulations only allowed players over 16 to play.
In the 2012–13 season, together with Medyk, she won the vice-championship and thePolish Cup . In the final match againstKP Unia Racibórz , won 2–1, Pajor scored both goals for her team.[ 4] The seasons 2013–14 and 2014–15 turned out to be even more successful for her. Together with Medyk Konin she won the championship and the Polish Cup twice. She played her last match for the Konin team when Medyk defeatedGórnik Łęczna in the Polish Cup final 5–0. Pajor scored a hat-trick in this match. In total, for the senior team of Medyk, she scored 74 goals in all official matches, of which 64 in theEkstraliga (in 60 appearances).[ 5]
In June 2015, Pajor signed a two-year contract withVfL Wolfsburg ,[ 6] [ 7] which she then extended in December 2017 to be valid until 30 June 2020.[ 8] In April 2020, Pajor signed a contract extension with Wolfsburg until 2023.[ 9]
In the 2018–19 season, she won the German Championship, the German Cup, and the title of Bundesliga top scorer, scoring 24 goals in 19 matches.[ 10]
In the2023–24 season, she scored four goals in the 9–1 victory againstNürnberg .[ 11]
In June 2024, Pajor signed a three-year contract withFC Barcelona .[ 12] On 12 December 2024, she scored a brace in aChampions League group stage match againstHammarby , which concluded in Barcelona's 3–0 victory.[ 13] [ 14] On 21 December 2024, she scored a hat-trick in aCopa de la Reina match contributing to Barcelona's decisive 6–2 victory overUD Tenerife .[ 15]
International career [ edit ] At theEuropean Under-17 Championship held in June 2013, together with the Polish U-17 team she won the gold medal.[ 16] On 9 October, she was awarded the UEFA Under-17 Golden Player Award for the best under-17 player in Europe.
She made her debut in the senior Polish national team under coach Wojciech Basiuk, in the match between Poland and theCzech Republic , as part of theBalaton Cup friendly tournament in Hungary, on 20 August 2013. Pajor checked in on the field only in the 75th minute, but in the minute after entering she won a penalty kick, scored byPatrycja Pożerska . In the 84th minute, Pajor scored.[ 17]
She took part in the 4 to 11 March 2015 competition for theIstria Cup in Croatia, which she won first place with her team in the final againstSlovakia .[ 18]
On 6 September 2022, after scoring three goals against theKosovo national team , Pajor became the most effective scorer in the history of the Polish national team, ahead of previous record-holderMarta Otrębska .[ 19]
Pajor captained Poland at theUEFA Euro 2025 , Poland's first appearance at the Euros.[ 20] On 12 July, she scored her first goal at a major tournament in a 3–2 group stage win overDenmark .[ 21]
As of match played 12 October 2025 [ 22] As of match played 12 July 2025 Appearances and goals by national team and year National team Year Apps Goals Poland 2013 4 2 2014 9 10 2015 11 5 2016 10 4 2017 12 7 2018 7 4 2019 6 2 2020 2 5 2021 4 6 2022 8 7 2023 10 8 2024 12 4 2025 9 5 Total 104 69
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pajor goal .List of international goals scored by Ewa Pajor No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 20 August 2013 Balatonfüred ,Hungary Czech Republic 4–1 Friendly 2 22 August 2013 Slovakia 1–1 3 8 May 2014 Toftir ,Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 3 –03–0 2015 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 18 June 2014 Zenica ,Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 –11–1 5 16 July 2014 Pruszków ,Poland Estonia 5–1 Friendly 6 7 8 13 September 2014 Toruń ,Poland Northern Ireland 2 –04–0 2015 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 4 –010 17 September 2014 Włocławek ,Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 –03–1 11 28 October 2014 Náchod ,Czech Republic Czech Republic 1–1 Friendly 12 30 October 2014 Nieciecza ,Poland Slovakia 4–1 13 11 February 2015 Lipót ,Hungary Hungary 7–2 14 9 March 2015 Umag ,Croatia Romania 2–0 15 11 March 2015 Poreč ,Croatia Slovakia 2–0 16 27 October 2015 Jelenia Góra ,Poland Netherlands 1–0 17 27 November 2015 Orhei ,Romania Moldova 1 –03–1 UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying 18 4 March 2016 Paralimni ,Cyprus Wales 1 –11–1 2016 Cyprus Cup 19 20 September 2016 Włocławek ,Poland Moldova 1 –04–0 UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying 20 26 November 2016 Łęczna ,Poland Belarus 4–0 Friendly 21 22 7 April 2017 Pruszków ,Poland Finland 1 –01–0 23 11 April 2017 Minsk ,Belarus Belarus 4–0 24 25 8 June 2017 Buchach ,Ukraine Ukraine 3–2 26 15 September 2017 Łęczna ,Poland Belarus 3 –04–1 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification 27 4–1 28 19 September 2017 Biel/Bienne ,Switzerland Switzerland 1 –21–2 29 31 August 2018 Minsk ,Belarus Belarus 2 –04–1 30 4 –131 9 October 2018 Ostróda ,Poland Republic of Ireland 4 –04–0 Friendly 32 8 November 2018 Leganés ,Spain Spain 1 –11–3 33 1 March 2019 Lagos ,Portugal Spain 3 –03–0 2019 Algarve Cup 34 5 April 2019 Lublin ,Poland Italy 1 –11–1 Friendly 35 7 March 2020 Polonia Stadium ,Warsaw ,Poland Moldova 2 –05–1 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying 36 3 –037 5 –038 11 March 2020 ASK Arena ,Baku ,Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 –05–0 39 4 –040 13 April 2021 Widzew Stadium ,Łódź ,Poland Sweden 1 –02–4 Friendly 41 2 –242 11 June 2021 Pinatar Arena ,San Pedro del Pinatar ,Spain Finland 2 –22–2 43 14 June 2021 Estadio Cartagonova ,Cartagena, Spain ,Spain Czech Republic 1 –05–0 44 2 –045 17 September 2021 Gdańsk Stadium ,Gdańsk ,Poland Belgium 1 –01–1 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification 46 29 June 2022 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Stadium ,Grodzisk Wielkopolski ,Poland Iceland 1 –01–3 Friendly 47 1 September 2022 Elbasan Arena ,Elbasan ,Albania Albania 1 –12–1 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification 48 2 –149 6 September 2022 Arena Lublin ,Lublin ,Poland Kosovo 3 –07–0 50 5 –051 6 –052 6 October 2022 Estadio Municipal de Chapín ,Jerez de la Frontera ,Spain Morocco 1 –04–0 Friendly 53 21 February 2023 Marbella Football Center ,Marbella ,Spain Switzerland 1 –01–1 54 6 April 2023 Władysław Król Stadium ,Łódź ,Poland Costa Rica 2 –12–1 55 11 April 2023 Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel ,Rotterdam ,Netherlands Netherlands 1 –01–4 56 22 September 2023 Georgios Kamaras Stadium ,Athens ,Greece Greece 1 –03–1 2023–24 UEFA Nations League 57 26 September 2023 Gdynia Stadium ,Gdynia ,Poland Ukraine 1 –02–1 58 2 –059 27 October 2023 Tychy Stadium ,Tychy ,Poland Serbia 2 –02–1 60 5 December 2023 Zagłębie Sports Park ,Sosnowiec ,Poland Greece 1 –02–0 61 25 October 2024 Arcul de Triumf Stadium ,Bucharest ,Romania Romania 2 –12–1 UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs 62 29 October 2024 Gdańsk Stadium ,Gdańsk ,Poland Romania 1 –04' –163 3 –064 3 December 2024 Viola Park ,Vienna ,Austria Austria 1 –01–0 65 4 April 2025 Gdańsk Stadium ,Gdańsk ,Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 –05–1 2025 UEFA Nations League 66 2 –167 30 May 2025 Seaview ,Belfast ,Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 –04–0 68 2 –069 12 July 2025 Swissporarena ,Lucerne ,Switzerland Denmark 2 –03–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2025
Medyk Konin
VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga :2016–17 ,2017–18 ,2018–19 ,2019–20 ,2021–22 DFB-Pokal :2015–16 ,2016–17 ,2017–18 ,2018–19 ,2019–20 ,2020–21 ,2021–22 ,2022–23 ,2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League runner up:2015–16 ,2017–18 ,2019–20 ,2022–23 Barcelona
Poland
Poland U17
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