Ewa Pajor

Ewa Barbara Pajor (Polish: [ˈɛ.va ˈpajɔr]; born 3 December 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga F club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team.^[2] Between 2015 and 2024, she played for VfL Wolfsburg. She is a five-time winner of the German Frauen-Bundesliga and was named Polish Women's Player of the Year five times by the Piłka Nożna weekly.

Ewa Pajor

Pajor with VfL Wolfsburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Ewa Barbara Pajor[1]
Date of birth	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Uniejów, Poland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	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	28	(25)
International career‡
2009–2011	Poland U15	3	(0)
2011–2013	Poland U17	18	(15)
2013–2014	Poland U19	7	(7)
2013–	Poland	104	(69)
Medal record Representing  Poland Women's football UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Winner 2013 Switzerland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2025

Club career

Youth

Pajor comes from Pęgów. She started her football training at the age of 8 in Orlęty Wielenin. After graduating from primary school, she moved to Konin and trained with Medyk Konin. On 14 April 2012, she made her Ekstraliga debut, entering the game in the 55th minute of the match against AZS 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.

Medyk Konin

In the 2012–13 season, together with Medyk, she won the vice-championship and the Polish Cup. In the final match against KP 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 defeated Górnik 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 the Ekstraliga (in 60 appearances).^[5]

VfL Wolfsburg

In June 2015, Pajor signed a two-year contract with VfL 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 the 2023–24 season, she scored four goals in the 9–1 victory against Nürnberg.^[11]

FC Barcelona

In June 2024, Pajor signed a three-year contract with FC Barcelona.^[12] On 12 December 2024, she scored a brace in a Champions League group stage match against Hammarby, which concluded in Barcelona's 3–0 victory.^[13][14] On 21 December 2024, she scored a hat-trick in a Copa de la Reina match contributing to Barcelona's decisive 6–2 victory over UD Tenerife.^[15]

International career

At the European 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 the Czech Republic, as part of the Balaton 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 by Patrycja Pożerska. In the 84th minute, Pajor scored.^[17]

She took part in the 4 to 11 March 2015 competition for the Istria Cup in Croatia, which she won first place with her team in the final against Slovakia.^[18]

On 6 September 2022, after scoring three goals against the Kosovo national team, Pajor became the most effective scorer in the history of the Polish national team, ahead of previous record-holder Marta Otrębska.^[19]

Pajor captained Poland at the UEFA 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 over Denmark.^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 June 2025^[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		UWCL		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfL Wolfsburg	2015–16	Frauen-Bundesliga	7	1	2	1	7	0	—		16	2
	2016–17		12	5	4	3	1	0	—		17	8
	2017–18		15	4	3	3	7	4	—		25	11
	2018–19		19	24	3	2	5	2	—		27	28
	2019–20		17	16	3	2	4	0	—		24	18
	2020–21		6	8	3	3	4	0	—		13	11
	2021–22		7	8	2	2	5	3	—		14	13
	2022–23		19	12	5	3	11	9	—		35	24
	2023–24		19	18	4	2	2	0	—		25	20
	Total		121	96	29	21	46	18	—		196	135
Barcelona	2024–25	Liga F	28	25	4	9	11	7	2[b]	2	45	43
Career total			149	121	33	30	57	25	2	2	241	178

1. Includes DFB-Pokal and Copa de la Reina
2. Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

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	3–0	3–0	2015 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	18 June 2014	Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	1–1
5	16 July 2014	Pruszków, Poland	Estonia		5–1	Friendly
6
7
8	13 September 2014	Toruń, Poland	Northern Ireland	2–0	4–0	2015 FIFA World Cup qualification
9				4–0
10	17 September 2014	Włocławek, Poland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	3–1
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	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying
18	4 March 2016	Paralimni, Cyprus	Wales	1–1	1–1	2016 Cyprus Cup
19	20 September 2016	Włocławek, Poland	Moldova	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying
20	26 November 2016	Łęczna, Poland	Belarus		4–0	Friendly
21
22	7 April 2017	Pruszków, Poland	Finland	1–0	1–0
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	3–0	4–1	2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
27				4–1
28	19 September 2017	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–2	1–2
29	31 August 2018	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	2–0	4–1
30				4–1
31	9 October 2018	Ostróda, Poland	Republic of Ireland	4–0	4–0	Friendly
32	8 November 2018	Leganés, Spain	Spain	1–1	1–3
33	1 March 2019	Lagos, Portugal	Spain	3–0	3–0	2019 Algarve Cup
34	5 April 2019	Lublin, Poland	Italy	1–1	1–1	Friendly
35	7 March 2020	Polonia Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Moldova	2–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
36				3–0
37				5–0
38	11 March 2020	ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–0	5–0
39				4–0
40	13 April 2021	Widzew Stadium, Łódź, Poland	Sweden	1–0	2–4	Friendly
41				2–2
42	11 June 2021	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Finland	2–2	2–2
43	14 June 2021	Estadio Cartagonova, Cartagena, Spain, Spain	Czech Republic	1–0	5–0
44				2–0
45	17 September 2021	Gdańsk Stadium, Gdańsk, Poland	Belgium	1–0	1–1	2023 FIFA World Cup qualification
46	29 June 2022	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Stadium, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland	Iceland	1–0	1–3	Friendly
47	1 September 2022	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania	Albania	1–1	2–1	2023 FIFA World Cup qualification
48				2–1
49	6 September 2022	Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland	Kosovo	3–0	7–0
50				5–0
51				6–0
52	6 October 2022	Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Morocco	1–0	4–0	Friendly
53	21 February 2023	Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain	Switzerland	1–0	1–1
54	6 April 2023	Władysław Król Stadium, Łódź, Poland	Costa Rica	2–1	2–1
55	11 April 2023	Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–4
56	22 September 2023	Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens, Greece	Greece	1–0	3–1	2023–24 UEFA Nations League
57	26 September 2023	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia, Poland	Ukraine	1–0	2–1
58				2–0
59	27 October 2023	Tychy Stadium, Tychy, Poland	Serbia	2–0	2–1
60	5 December 2023	Zagłębie Sports Park, Sosnowiec, Poland	Greece	1–0	2–0
61	25 October 2024	Arcul de Triumf Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
62	29 October 2024	Gdańsk Stadium, Gdańsk, Poland	Romania	1–0	4'–1
63				3–0
64	3 December 2024	Viola Park, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–0	1–0
65	4 April 2025	Gdańsk Stadium, Gdańsk, Poland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	5–1	2025 UEFA Nations League
66				2–1
67	30 May 2025	Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–0	4–0
68				2–0
69	12 July 2025	Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland	Denmark	2–0	3–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2025

Honours

Medyk Konin

• Ekstraliga: 2013–14, 2014–15
• Polish Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

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

• Primera División: 2024–25^[23]
• Supercopa de España: 2024–25
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner up: 2024–25
• Copa de la Reina: 2024–25^[24]

Poland

• Istria Cup: 2015

Poland U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2013

Individual

• Polish Women's Footballer of the Year: 2018,^[25] 2019,^[26] 2022,^[27] 2023,^[28] 2024^[29]
• Polish Cup top scorer: 2014–15^[30]
• Bundesliga top scorer: 2018–19, 2023–24
• Copa de la Reina top scorer: 2024–25^[31]
• Liga F Player of the Month: April 2025^[32]
• UEFA Women's Champions League top scorer: 2022–23
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Golden Player: 2013