Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag
	Mittag with Rosengård in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	16 May 1985
Place of birth	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Youth career
1991–1997	VfB Chemnitz
1997–1999	Chemnitzer FC
2000–2002	FC Erzgebirge Aue
Senior career*
National team
Women's football
Representing Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
UEFA Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08 August 2019 (UTC)

Anja Mittag (German pronunciation: [ˈʔanja ˈmɪtaːk];[1] born 16 May 1985) is a German footballer who plays for RB Leipzig as a striker.

Mittag playing for Potsdam in 2008.

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.[2] In May 2015, she signed a two-year deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain.[3] On 30 August 2016, Mittag joined German club Wolfsburg on a two-year deal.[4] On March 31, 2017 Mittag signed a contract with Rosengård once again.[5]

Mittag is currently the all-time top scorer of the UEFA Women's Champions League, with 51 goals in the competition throughout her career.[6]

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.[7]

She was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the gold medal.[8]

On 22 August 2017, she announced her retirement from international football.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first:

Mittag – goals for Germany
#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 March 2005	Silves, Portugal	Norway	1–0	4–0	2005 Algarve Cup
2.	9 June 2005	Preston, England	Italy	4–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
3.	12 March 2007	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	3–0	2007 Algarve Cup
4.	12 March 2007	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Denmark	2–0	3–0	2007 Algarve Cup
5.	12 April 2007	Wattenscheid, Germany	Netherlands	2–1	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
6.	12 August 2008	Tianjin, China	North Korea	1–0	1–0	2008 Summer Olympics
7.	22 April 2009	Frankfurt, Germany	Brazil	1–0	1–1	Friendly
8.	24 August 2009	Tampere, Finland	Norway	3–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009
9.	1 March 2010	Faro, Portugal	China PR	2–0	5–0	2010 Algarve Cup
10.	1 March 2010	Faro, Portugal	China PR	3–0	5–0	2010 Algarve Cup
11.	29 February 2012	Lagos, Portugal	Iceland	1–0	1–0	2012 Algarve Cup
12.	5 April 2012	Aarau, Switzerland	Switzerland	2–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
13.	15 September 2012	Karaganda, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	4–0	7–0
14.	19 September 2012	Duisburg, Germany	Turkey	2–0	10–0
15.	20 October 2012	Bridgeview, United States	United States	1–1	1–1	Friendly
16.	5 April 2013	Offenbach, Germany	United States	3–3	3–3	Friendly
17.	28 July 2013	Solna, Sweden	Norway	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013
18.	26 October 2013	Koper, Slovenia	Slovenia	3–0	13–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.				5–0
20.				9–0
21.	23 November 2013	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	6–0
22.	23 November 2013	Žilina, Slovakia	Slovakia	3–0	6–0
23.	27 November 2013	Osijek, Croatia	Croatia	4–0	8–0
24.	7 March 2014	Albufeira, Portugal	China PR	1–0	1–0	2014 Algarve Cup
25.	10 March 2014	Albufeira, Portugal	Norway	3–1	3–1
26.	12 March 2014	Faro, Portugal	Japan	2–0	3–0
27.	10 April 2014	Mannheim, Germany	Slovenia	2–0	4–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
28.	10 April 2014	Mannheim, Germany	Slovenia	4–0	4–0
29.	8 May 2014	Osnabrück, Germany	Slovakia	2–0	9–1
30.	8 May 2014	Osnabrück, Germany	Slovakia	9–0	9–1
31.	17 September 2014	Heidenheim, Germany	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0
32.	6 March 2015	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	China PR	1–0	2–0	2015 Algarve Cup
33.	11 March 2015	Parchal, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	2–1	2015 Algarve Cup
34.	7 June 2015	Ottawa, Canada	Ivory Coast	3–0	10–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
35.				5–0
36.				6–0
37.	11 June 2015	Ottawa, Canada	Norway	1–0	1–1
38.	20 June 2015	Ottawa, Canada	Sweden	1–0	4–1
39.	25 October 2015	Sandhausen, Germany	Turkey	2–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
40.	9 March 2016	Boca Raton, United States	United States	1–0	1–2	2016 SheBelieves Cup
41.	8 April 2016	Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
42.	12 April 2016	Osnabrück, Germany	Croatia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43.	22 July 2016	Paderborn, Germany	Ghana	1–0	11–0	Friendly
44.				7–0
45.				8–0
46.				9–0
47.	22 October 2016	Regensburg, Germany	Austria	1–0	4–2
48.	22 October 2016	Regensburg, Germany	Austria	2–0	4–2
49.	25 October 2016	Aalen, Germany	Netherlands	3–1	4–2
50.	7 March 2017	Washington, D.C., United States	England	1–0	1–0	2017 SheBelieves Cup

Source:[10]

Honours

Club

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Bundesliga: Winner 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
DFB-Pokal: Winner 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
UEFA Women's Champions League: Winner 2004–05, 2009–10
DFB-Hallenpokal for women: Winner 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010

FC Rosengård

Damallsvenskan: Winner 2013, 2014
Svenska Supercupen: Winner 2012, 2015

International

FIFA Women's World Cup: Winner 2007
UEFA Women's Championship: Winner 2005, 2009, 2013
Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2008, Gold medal 2016
Algarve Cup: Winner 2006, 2012, 2014
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Winner 2004
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Winner 2002

Individual

Sweden's Player of the Year 2012,[11] 2014[12]
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[13]
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Bronze Ball: 2004[14]
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Silver Shoe: 2004[15]
Fritz Walter Medal: Gold 2005
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Golden Player 2004[16]
FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI 2015[17]
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: Winner 2007, 2016

Records

All-time UEFA women's club competition top scorer: 51 goals[13]

References

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.
"Mittag to leave Potsdam for Malmö". UEFA.com. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
"Anja Mittag signs for Paris!". Retrieved 29 May 2015.
"Anja Mittag joins the Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
"Skrällvärvningen: Anja Mittag tillbaka".
"Anja Mittag on 51, Hegerberg closing: top scorers". UEFA.com. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
"Deutschland 4–0 Norwegen". DFB. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
"Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
"DFB-Frauen: Anja Mittag tritt zurück". dfb.de. 22 August 2017.
"Players Info Mittag Goals". DFB. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
"KLART: Hon är årets spelare i damallsvenskan". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
Silvander, Heidi (9 November 2014). "Anja Mittag – målskytt och vald till årets spelare". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2014.
"Mittag breaks Pohlers goal record". UEFA. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
UEFA.com. "Women's Under-19 - Tournament history: WU19 EURO". UEFA.com.
Orsatti, Andrew. "First Women's World XI revealed - FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

External links

Official website (in German)
Anja Mittag – FIFA competition record
Anja Mittag – UEFA competition record
Profile at DFB (in German)
Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
Anja Mittag at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
Anja Mittag at Soccerway
Anja Mittag at the International Olympic Committee
Anja Mittag at the Olympic Channel
Anja Mittag at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
Anja Mittag at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[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] "Mittag to leave Potsdam for Malmö". UEFA.com. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

[3] "Anja Mittag signs for Paris!". Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[4] "Anja Mittag joins the Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[5] "Skrällvärvningen: Anja Mittag tillbaka".

[6] "Anja Mittag on 51, Hegerberg closing: top scorers". UEFA.com. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[7] "Deutschland 4–0 Norwegen". DFB. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[8] "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.

[9] "DFB-Frauen: Anja Mittag tritt zurück". dfb.de. 22 August 2017.

[10] "Players Info Mittag Goals". DFB. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[11] "KLART: Hon är årets spelare i damallsvenskan". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

[12] Silvander, Heidi (9 November 2014). "Anja Mittag – målskytt och vald till årets spelare". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2014.

[auto-13] "Mittag breaks Pohlers goal record". UEFA. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[14] FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.

[15] FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.

[16] UEFA.com. "Women's Under-19 - Tournament history: WU19 EURO". UEFA.com.

[17] Orsatti, Andrew. "First Women's World XI revealed - FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.