Tanja Pawollek

Midfielder • Age 27 • #31

Tanja Pawollek is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Frauen-Bundesliga and the Poland national team.

259 Appearances

34 Goals

1 Trophies

2 Awards

Fun Facts about Tanja

Quirky facts. Inspired by her game.

Though Tanja was born in Germany, her parents are of Polish origin. She represented Germany at youth international level, later switched to Poland senior national team.

She spent nine years at Eintracht Frankfurt, where she captained the team from 2019 and made a significant impact on the club’s success.

Pawollek started her club career at the age of 5 at TV Hausen.

She drinks capuccino with oat milk.

Despite suffering two ACL injuries – in the 2021 DFB Cup final and the UEFA Women’s Champions League group match against Barcelona in 2024 – Pawollek has scored 25 goals as a defensive midfielder or centre-back in nearly 200 competitive appearances for Eintracht, 153 of them in the Bundesliga.