Ewa Pajor

Ewa Pajor

Pajor with Wolfsburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Uniejów, Poland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	9
Youth career
2004–2009	Orlęta Wielenin
2009–2012	Medyk Konin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Medyk Konin	60	(64)
2015–	VfL Wolfsburg	103	(78)
International career‡
2009–2011	Poland U15	3	(0)
2011–2013	Poland U17	18	(15)
2013–2014	Poland U19	7	(7)
2013–	Poland	75	(59)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Ewa Pajor (born 3 December 1996) is a Polish footballer who plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the Poland national team. ^[1]

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. ^[2] To be able to participate in this meeting, a special permit was needed from PZPN, because the regulations only allowed players over 16 to play.

Medyk Konin

In the 2012–2013 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. ^[3] 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 Medyka, she scored 74 goals in all official matches, of which 64 in the extra league (in 60 appearances). ^[4]

VfL Wolfsburg

In June 2015, Pajor signed a two-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg, ^{[5] [6]} which she then extended in December 2017 to be valid until 30 June 2020. ^[7] In April 2020, Pajor signed a contract extension with Wolfsburg until 2023. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

In the 2023–24 season, she scored four goals in the 9–1 victory against Nürnberg. ^[10]

International career

At the European Under-17 Championship held in June 2013, together with the Polish U-17 team she won the gold medal. ^[11] 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. ^[12]

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. ^[13]

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. ^[14]

Career statistics

International

As of 10 January 2024

Goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2013		2
	2014		10
	2015		5
	2016		4
	2017		7
	2018		4
	2019		2
	2020		5
	2021		6
	2022		9
Total			59

International goals

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	Czech Republic		4–1	Friendly
2	22 August 2013	Balatonfüred	Slovakia		1–1	Friendly
3	8 May 2014	Svangaskarð, Toftir	Faroe Islands		3–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA
4	18 June 2014	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina		1–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA
5	16 July 2014	Pruszków	Estonia		5–1	Friendly
6
7
8	13 September 2014	MotoArena Toruń, Toruń	Northern Ireland		4–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA
9
10	17 September 2014	OSiR Stadium, Włocławek	Bosnia and Herzegovina		3–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA
11	28 October 2014	Náchod	Czech Republic		1–1	Friendly
12	30 October 2014	Nieciecza	Slovakia		4–1	Friendly
13	11 February 2015	Lipot	Hungary		7–2	Friendly
14	9 March 2015	Umag	Romania		2–0	Friendly
15	11 March 2015	Poreč	Slovakia		2–0	Friendly
16	27 October 2015	Jelenia Góra	Netherlands		1–0	Friendly
17	27 November 2015	CSR Orhei, Orhei	Moldova		3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
18	4 March 2016	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni	Wales		1–1	2016 Cyprus Women's Cup
19	20 September 2016	OSiR Włocławek, Włocławek	Moldova		4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
20	26 November 2016	Łęczna	Belarus		4–0	Friendly
21
22	7 April 2017	Pruszków	Finland		1–0	Friendly
23	11 April 2017	Mińsk	Belarus		4–0	Friendly
24
25	8 June 2017	Buchach	Ukraine		3–2	Friendly
26	15 September 2017	Stadion Górnika Łęczna, Łęczna	Belarus		4–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
27
28	19 September 2017	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne	Switzerland		2–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
29	31 August 2018	Traktor Stadium, Minsk	Belarus		4–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
30
31	9 October 2018	Ostróda	Republic of Ireland		4–0	Friendly
32	8 November 2018	Leganés	Spain		1–3	Friendly
33	1 March 2019	Lagos Municipal Stadium, Lagos	Spain		3–0	2019 Algarve Cup
34	5 April 2019	Lublin	Italy		1–1	Friendly
35	7 March 2020	Polonia Warsaw Stadium, Warsaw	Moldova		5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
36
37
38	11 March 2020	ASK Arena, Baku	Azerbaijan		5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
39
40	13 April 2021	Stadion Miejski Widzewa, Łódź	Sweden		2–4	Friendly
41
42	11 June 2021	Pinatar Arena Football Center, San Pedro del Pinatar	Finland		2–2	Friendly
43	14 June 2021	Estadio Cartagonova, Cartagena	Czech Republic		5–0	Friendly
44
45	17 September 2021	Gdańsk Stadium, Gdańsk	Belgium		1–1	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
46	29 June 2022	Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Iceland		1–3	Friendly
47	1 September 2022	Elbasan Arena, Elbasan	Albania		2–1	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
48
49	6 September 2022	Arena Lublin, Lublin	Kosovo		7–0
50
51
52	6 October 2022	Estadio Municipal de Chapín, Jerez de la Frontera	Morocco	1–0	4–0	Friendly
53	21 February 2023	Marbella Football Center, Marbella	Switzerland	1–0	1–1
54	6 April 2023	Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla, Łódź	Costa Rica	2–1	2–1
55	22 September 2023	Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens	Greece	1–0	3–1	2023-24 UEFA Women's Nations League
56	26 September 2023	Stadion Miejski, Gdynia	Ukraine	1–0	2–1
57				2–0
58	27 October 2023	Stadion Miejski, Tychy	Serbia	2–0	2–1
59	5 December 2023	Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, Sosnowiec	Greece	1–0	2–0

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
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner up: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23

Poland

• Istria Cup: 2015
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2013

Individual

• Football Player of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Bundesliga top scorer: 2018–19
• UEFA Women's Champions League: Best Goalscorer: 2022-23,
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: Golden Player: 2013

References

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5. "VfL Wolfsburg ǀ Detailseite". 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
6. "PKO Ekstraklasa". Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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8. vavel.com (24 April 2020). "Ewa Pajor extends VfL Wolfsburg contract until 2023". vavel.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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10. "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Wolfsburg 1:9 (Women Bundesliga 2023/2024, 14. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
11. "Ewa Pajor okrzyknięta polskim Messim – Piłka nożna – Przegladsportowy.pl". 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
12. "PKO Ekstraklasa". Sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
13. "Poland – "Istria cup" 2015". 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
14. Media, Wirtualna Polska (7 September 2022). "To już najlepsza strzelczyni w historii reprezentacji Polski. Ewa Pajor pobiła rekord". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 February 2023.

External links

• Player Polish domestic and international stats (in Polish) at PZPN
• Ewa Pajor at DFB (also available in German )
• Ewa Pajor at Soccerway
• Ewa Pajor at soccerdonna.de