Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag (born 16 May 1985) is a German football coach and player who plays as a striker. Mittag is currently a player-coach for RB Leipzig.

In July 2020, Mittag announced that she will end her playing career after the women's Saxony Cup final on 30 August 2020 and become a full-time coach with RB Leipzig. She made her comeback in the winter season 2021/22 SV Eintrach Leipzig-Süd in the german Regionalliga Nordost. She will sporadically take part in the games

Club career
In December 2011 Mittag negotiated a release from 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, after nine and a half years, in order to sign a two-year deal with Swedish Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård. In May 2015, she signed a two-year deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain. On 30 August 2016, Mittag joined German club VfL Wolfsburg on a two-year deal. On 31 March 2017, Mittag signed a contract with Rosengård once again.

Mittag became the first player to 50 goals in the UEFA Women's Champions League and its predecessor the UEFA Women's Cup on 11 October 2017.

Mittag ended her playing career after the women's Saxony Cup final on 30 August 2020.

International career
Mittag made her debut for the senior national team as a substitute in a friendly match with Italy on 31 March 2004. Her first goal with the senior national team came on 11 March 2005 in an Algarve Cup match against Norway.

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.

On 22 August 2017, she announced her retirement from international football.

Coaching career
In June 2019, Mittag joined third-tier German club RB Leipzig as a player-coach. After scoring 17 goals and helping the team win promotion to the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Mittag announced that she would focus on coaching full-time from the 2020–21 season onward.

Career statistics

 * Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mittag goal.

Honours
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
 * Bundesliga: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
 * DFB-Pokal: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
 * UEFA Women's Champions League: 2004–05, 2009–10
 * DFB-Hallenpokal for women: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010

FC Rosengård
 * Damallsvenskan: 2013, 2014
 * Svenska Supercupen: 2012, 2015

Germany
 * FIFA Women's World Cup: 2007
 * UEFA Women's Championship: 2005, 2009, 2013
 * Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2008, Gold medal 2016
 * Algarve Cup: 2006, 2012, 2014

Germany U20
 * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2004

Germany U19
 * UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2002

Individual
 * Sweden's Player of the Year 2012, 2014
 * Damallsvenskan top scorers: 2012, 2014, 2018
 * FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Boot: 2015
 * FIFA Women's World Cup All Star Team: 2015
 * FIFA Women's World Cup Dream Team: 2015
 * UEFA Women's Champions League All-Time Top Scorer
 * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Bronze Ball: 2004
 * FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Silver Shoe: 2004
 * Fritz Walter Medal: Gold 2005
 * UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Golden Player 2004
 * FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015
 * Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2007, 2016

Records
 * 2nd all-time UEFA women's club competition top scorer: 51 goals

Others
Together with her former teammate Josephine Henning she runs the podcast Mittag’s bei Henning.