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Anja Mittag ([ˈʔanja ˈmɪtaːk]; born 16 May 1985) is a German footballer who plays for RB Leipzig as a striker.
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. In May 2015, she signed a two-year deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain. On 30 August 2016, Mittag joined German club Wolfsburg on a two-year deal. On March 31, 2017 Mittag signed a contract with Rosengård once again.
Mittag is currently the all-time top scorer of the UEFA Women's Champions League, with 51 goals in the competition throughout her career.
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.
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.
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. | 2–0 | |||||
| 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. | 3–0 | |||||
| 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 | |
| 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. | 3–0 | |||||
| 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. | 4–0 | |||||
| 29. | 8 May 2014 | Osnabrück, Germany | Slovakia | 2–0 | 9–1 | |
| 30. | 9–0 | |||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | 2–0 | |||||
| 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:
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, 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: Winner 2007, 2016
Records
- All-time UEFA women's club competition top scorer: 51 goals
