Anja Mittag

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Anja Mittag
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Mittag with Rosengård in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 36)
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)
2019–2020 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)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2007 China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
UEFA Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 England
Gold medal – first place 2009 Finland
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Mittag playing for Potsdam in 2008.

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]

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]

Others[]

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

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. ^ a b "FRAUEN: OLYMPIASIEGERIN ANJA MITTAG VERSTÄRKT RB LEIPZIG". RB Leipzig. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "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. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Gold for Germany as Neid finishes in style". FIFA. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009.
  17. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 - Awards - FIFA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009.
  18. ^ UEFA.com (30 June 2018). "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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