Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag (; born 16 May 1985) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a striker.

In July 2020, Mittag announced that she would 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.

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 (then known as LdB FC Malmö). 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.

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.