Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag
Mittag with Rosengård in 2018
Personal information
Full name Anja Mittag
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985
Place of birth Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
RB Leipzig (assistant coach)
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 VfL Wolfsburg 10 (1)
2017–2019 FC Rosengård 47 (22)
2019–2020 RB Leipzig 24 (23)
2022 SV Eintracht Leipzig-Süd 3 (1)
International career
2001 Germany U-17 3 (4)
2002–2004 Germany U-19 58 (32)
2004–2017 Germany 158 (50)
Managerial career
2019–2020 RB Leipzig (player-coach)
2020– RB Leipzig (assistant)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA Women's World Cup
2007 China
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
UEFA Women's Championship
2005 England
2009 Finland
2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anja Mittag (German pronunciation: [ˈʔanja ˈmɪtaːk]; born 16 May 1985) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a striker. Mittag is currently a assistant coach for RB Leipzig.

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.