Union Berlin signs Captain Tanja Pawollek - a strong sign!

Union Berlin signs Captain Tanja Pawollek - a strong sign!

Berlin, Deutschland - Union Berlin has signed Tanja Pawollek to contest the first season in the Bundesliga. The 26-year-old player comes from Eintracht Frankfurt, where she had an outstanding career as a long-time captain. In the past nine years, she played 155 games in the Bundesliga and scored 21 goals. Also on an international level, she can show up with eleven missions in the Champions League and 24 international matches for the Polish national team. Her parents come from Poland, which explains their connection to the national team. According to [rbb24] (https://www.rbb24.de/sport/Bebtra/2025/fussball-union-berlin-frauen-bundesliga- newzug-tanja-pawollek-tracht-frankfurt.html) described Union Managing Director Jennifer Zietz Pawollek as a “absolute leaders with great quality and Experience ”.

Pawollek will not only play a central role on the pitch, but also act as a mentor for the younger players. Zietz emphasizes that her decision for Union is a strong sign of the association's ambitions in the Bundesliga. In addition to Pawollek, the club has already committed Anna Aehling, a defender, and attacker Eileen Campbell to strengthen the team.

injury -related challenge

Eintracht Frankfurt reports that head coach Niko Arnautis expressed his grief about the diagnosis and that Pawollek wishes a lot of energy and strength for the upcoming genres. He emphasizes the great importance of the player for the team.

To compensate for Pawollks failure as best as possible, the team plans to fight on the pitch even without its captain. This challenge illustrates the urgency of better capturing injury -related failures in women's football and developing strategies to avoid them.

new studies on injury prevention

VBG announced that over 500 injuries and illnesses have already been entered into a new database, with 75% of these failures to be returned to injuries. Kneeks injuries are the most common and cause the longest downtimes.

These developments are important in the context of the professionalization of women's football and the growing number of players in the VBG insurance coverage. The study also shows that after a cruciate ligament rupture, women usually return to the game as men, which underlines the need for specific prevention concepts.