Luiza Pendyk

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Luiza Pendyk
Personal information
Full name Luiza Pendyk
Date of birth (1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 54) [1]
Place of birth Lubań, Poland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
AZS Wrocław
Czarni Sosnowiec
1990–1994 Tyresö FF
1995 Mallbackens IF
1996–2000 Malmö FF
2001 Malmö FF
2002 Staffanstorps GIF
International career
1987–1992 Poland 25 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luiza Pendyk (born 23 September 1970) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Capped 25 times for the Poland women's national team, at club level she played for multiple teams in Sweden and was the Damallsvenskan top goal scorer on two occasions.

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Club career

Born in Lubań and raised in Wrocław, Pendyk emerged with the AZS Wrocław club. She transferred to Czarni Sosnowiec and quickly became recognised as one of the best players in the country. [2] [3]

Pendyk continued her football career in Sweden, initially with Tyresö FF. In a long and successful spell in Swedish football she was the Damallsvenskan top goal scorer on two consecutive occasions: 1999 and 2000. [4]

After five seasons with Malmö FF, Pendyk retired from football to focus on her studies. However, she agreed to return to the club part way through the following 2001 season, [5] after which she retired again. Altogether Pendyk scored 163 goals in 161 games for Malmö. [6]

In July 2002, Pendyk agreed to join local lower division team Staffanstorps GIF, where some former Malmö teammates also played. [7] She finished the 2002 Söderettan season with seven goals to her credit. [8] She decided to remain in Sweden after her football career and took Swedish citizenship. [3]

International career

Pendyk won her first cap for Poland on 27 June 1987, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Czechoslovakia at BKS Stadium, Bielsko-Biała. She scored an equaliser with two minutes left in the match after entering play as a 39th-minute substitute. [9] The goal was a "beautiful" header from 16 metres. [10]

After moving to play club football in Sweden, Pendyk fell into dispute with the Polish national team and made herself unavailable for selection. [2] Her 25th and final appearance was as captain in a 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying defeat by Italy at WKS Wawel Stadium in Kraków on 27 September 1992. [11]

The Swedish Football Association made an unsuccessful attempt to naturalise Pendyk to play for the Sweden women's national football team. The plan failed because Pendyk's earlier appearances for Poland made her ineligible under FIFA rules to switch her allegiances. [12]

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year [1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 198711
198822
198951
199020
1991112
199240
Total256
International goals
As of match played 27 September 1992. Poland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pendyk goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 June 1987 BKS Stadium, Bielsko-Biała, Poland1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
1–1
1–1
Friendly
226 June 1988 Samokov, Bulgaria2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
1–0
1–2
316 October 1988 Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec, Poland3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
1–1
2–1
427 June 1989 Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, Italy5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1–0
2–1
525 June 1991 Pula, Sardinia, Italy16Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
1–0
2–0
66 September 1991Skra Stadium, Częstochowa, Poland18Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1–1
2–1

Honours

Czarni Sosnowiec

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