Pavol Bajza (born 4 September 1991) is a Slovak

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who plays as a goalkeeper for Železiarne Podbrezová.

Career

Born in

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

. Bajza began his career with

Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica (; ; ) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mounta ...

, later Pavol joined Dubnica in 2006, aged just 15. After progressing through the Dubnica youth system, Bajza (18 years, 175 days) made his first team debut for MFK Dubnica on 27 February 2010 against

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

Parma

On 22 March 2012, Dubnica agreed a fee with

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club

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

for Bajza. He had signed a three-year contract with the club, with effect from 1 July 2012. He made his debut for Parma on 19 May 2013 against

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. He replaced

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after 42 minutes. On 30 July 2014 Bajza left for F.C. Crotone.

Hradec Králové

On 2 July 2022, Bajza signed a two-year contract with

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club

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

Viktoria Žižkov (loan)

On 16 February 2024, Hradec Králové loaned Bajza to

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until the end of the season.

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1991 births Living people Footballers from Žilina Slovak men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom players Parma Calcio 1913 players FC Crotone players NK Zavrč players Vejle Boldklub players Slovak First Football League players Serie A players Serie B players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Danish 1st Division players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Olympiakos Nicosia players 1. FC Slovácko players MFK Karviná players Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers FC Hradec Králové players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic FK Iskra Borčice players Czech First League players FK Viktoria Žižkov players 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub