Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag (German pronunciation: [ˈʔanja ˈmɪtaːk];[1] 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.[2]

Anja Mittag
Mittag with Rosengård in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985
Place of birth Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig (player-coach)
Number 31
Youth career
1991–1997 VfB Chemnitz
1997–1999 Chemnitzer FC
2000–2002 FC Erzgebirge Aue
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Turbine Potsdam 83 (55)
2006 QBIK
2007–2011 Turbine Potsdam 79 (61)
2012–2015 FC Rosengård 69 (62)
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (10)
2016–2017 Wolfsburg 10 (1)
2017–2019 FC Rosengård 47 (22)
2019– RB Leipzig (17)
National team
2001 Germany U-17 3 (4)
2002–2004 Germany U-19 58 (32)
2004–2017 Germany 158 (50)
Teams managed
2019–2020 RB Leipzig (player-coach)
2020– RB Leipzig (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Mittag playing for Potsdam in 2008.

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.[3]

Playing career

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.[4] In May 2015, she signed a two-year deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain.[5] On 30 August 2016, Mittag joined German club Wolfsburg on a two-year deal.[6] On 31 March 2017 Mittag signed a contract with Rosengård once again.[7]

Mittag is currently the all-time top scorer of the UEFA Women's Champions League, with 51 goals in the competition throughout her career.[8]

Mittag will end her playing career after the women's Saxony Cup final on 30 August 2020.[3]

International career

Mittag made her debut for the senior national team as a substitute in a friendly match with Italy on 31 March 2004 (2004-03-31). Her first goal with the senior national team came on 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11) in an Algarve Cup match against Norway.[9]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[10]

On 22 August 2017, she announced her retirement from international football.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Source:[12]

Coaching career

In June 2019, Mittag joined third-tier German club RB Leipzig as a player-coach.[2] 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.[3]

Honours

Club
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
FC Rosengård

International

Individual

Records
  • All-time UEFA women's club competition top scorer: 51 goals[15]

References
  1. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 317, 749. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  2. "FRAUEN: OLYMPIASIEGERIN ANJA MITTAG VERSTÄRKT RB LEIPZIG". RB Leipzig. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. "ANJA MITTAG BEENDET KARRIERE". RB Leipzig. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. "Mittag to leave Potsdam for Malmö". UEFA. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. "Anja Mittag signs for Paris!". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. "Anja Mittag joins the Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  7. "Skrällvärvningen: Anja Mittag tillbaka".
  8. "Anja Mittag on 51, Hegerberg closing: top scorers". UEFA. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. "Deutschland 4–0 Norwegen". DFB. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  10. "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". FIFA. 19 August 2016.
  11. "DFB-Frauen: Anja Mittag tritt zurück". dfb.de. 22 August 2017.
  12. "Players Info Mittag Goals". DFB. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  13. "KLART: Hon är årets spelare i damallsvenskan". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  14. Silvander, Heidi (9 November 2014). "Anja Mittag – målskytt och vald till årets spelare". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  15. "Mittag breaks Pohlers goal record". UEFA. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA". FIFA.
  17. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA". FIFA.
  18. UEFA.com. "Women's Under-19 – Tournament history: WU19 EURO". UEFA.
  19. Orsatti, Andrew. "First Women's World XI revealed – FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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