Anja Mittag
 Mittag with Rosengård in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 May 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | RB Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1997 | VfB Chemnitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Chemnitzer FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | 83 | (55) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | QBIK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | 1. FFC 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 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Germany U-17 | 3 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Germany U-19 | 58 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2017 | Germany | 158 | (50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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.
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. Her first goal with the senior national team came on 11 March 2005 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 | ||||||
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| # | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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:[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.
- ^ a b "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 (archived)
- Anja Mittag – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile at DFB (in German)
- Player German domestic football stats at DFB (in German)
- {{SvFF player}} template missing ID. (archive)
- Anja Mittag at Soccerway
- Anja Mittag at Olympics.com
- Anja Mittag at Olympics.com
- Anja Mittag at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- Anja Mittag at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1985 births
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- Olympic footballers of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in football
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