From farm to phenomenon: Pajor’s record-breaking season
Pajor came into EURO 2025 on the back of the most emphatic campaign of her career to date – and one etched in the FC Barcelona history books.
The prolific striker registered 43 goals in 46 games across all competitions to help the Spanish giants to a domestic double.
In the league alone, Pajor contributed to 35 goals —scoring 25 and with 10 assists— in the best recorded return of her career, and the best individual campaign for any player in Barcelona history.
Sometimes, just sometimes, the 28-year-old can’t believe she plays for the Catalan club.
It presented a new challenge for the forward, one she has seized with both hands.
“Barcelona play so well with the ball, when I speak with Alexia [Putellas] and Aitana [Bonmatí] in training they tell me that when they see the ball coming, they don’t think where they want to play, they make that decision before they even received the ball,” Pajor said in an interview with the Guardian.
“Once they have the ball, they know exactly what they want to do, and that benefits everyone; Barcelona players learn early.
“Alexia learned that when she was 10, and she doesn’t have to think, it’s innate for her. Our rivals usually play really low against us, but in one way I have more space because my team moves the ball quicker and I can be in on goal after just one touch.”
The move to Spain has seen her develop even further as a player, which is benefiting club and national teammates.
Pajor hopes this will eventually translate into Polish football, both internationally and domestically, with things already on the rise.
With their qualification to EURO 2025, anything is possible.
“The senior team is going to the Euros and the under-17 side played in the World Cup for the first time,” she continued.
“This kind of success will help improve football at home; more and more girls are playing the game, which means we will get more academies and more teams.
“I want football in Poland to be professional like here in Spain or in Germany in two to three years… we have potential and I think we will only get better.”