Anja Mittag (; born 16 May 1985) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a striker.

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.

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 (then known as LdB FC Malmö). In May 2015, she signed a two-year deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain. On 30 August 2016, Mittag joined German club VfL Wolfsburg on a two-year deal. On 31 March 2017, Mittag signed a contract with Rosengård once again.

Mittag became the first player to 50 goals in the UEFA Women's Champions League and its predecessor the UEFA Women's Cup on 11 October 2017.

Mittag ended her playing career after the women's Saxony Cup final on 30 August 2020.

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.

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.

Coaching career In June 2019, Mittag joined third-tier German club RB Leipzig as a player-coach. 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.

On 11 August 2025, Mittag was hired by NWSL club San Diego Wave FC as an Individual Development Coach.

Career statistics Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mittag goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Anja MittagNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 11 March 2005 Silves, Portugal 1–0 4–0 2005 Algarve Cup2 9 June 2005 Preston, England 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 20053 12 March 2007 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–0 3–0 2007 Algarve Cup4 2–05 12 April 2007 Wattenscheid, Germany 2–1 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying6 12 August 2008 Tianjin, China 1–0 1–0 2008 Summer Olympics7 22 April 2009 Frankfurt, Germany 1–0 1–1 Friendly8 24 August 2009 Tampere, Finland] 3–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 20099 1 March 2010 Faro, Portugal 2–0 5–0 2010 Algarve Cup10 3–011 29 February 2012 Lagos, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2012 Algarve Cup12 5 April 2012 Aarau, Switzerland 2–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying13 15 September 2012 Karaganda, Kazakhstan 4–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying14 19 September 2012 Duisburg, Germany 2–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying15 20 October 2012 Bridgeview, United States 1–1 1–1 Friendly16 5 April 2013 Offenbach, Germany 3–3 3–3 Friendly17 28 July 2013 Solna, Sweden 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 201318 26 October 2013 Koper, Slovenia 3–0 13–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification19 5–020 9–021 23 November 2013 Žilina, Slovakia 2–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification22 3–023 27 November 2013 Osijek, Croatia 4–0 8–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification24 7 March 2014 Albufeira, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2014 Algarve Cup25 10 March 2014 Albufeira, Portugal 3–1 3–1 2014 Algarve Cup26 12 March 2014 Faro, Portugal 2–0 3–0 2014 Algarve Cup27 10 April 2014 Mannheim, Germany 2–0 4–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification28 4–029 8 May 2014 Osnabrück, Germany 2–0 9–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification30 9–031 17 September 2014 Heidenheim, Germany 2–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification32 6 March 2015 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–0 2–0 2015 Algarve Cup33 11 March 2015 Parchal, Portugal 1–0 2–1 2015 Algarve Cup34 7 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada 3–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup35 5–036 6–037 11 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada 1–0 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup38 20 June 2015 Ottawa, Canada 1–0 4–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup39 25 October 2015 Sandhausen, Germany 2–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying40 9 March 2016 Boca Raton, United States 1–0 1–2 2016 SheBelieves Cup41 8 April 2016 Istanbul, Turkey] 2–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying42 12 April 2016 Osnabrück, Germany 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying43 22 July 2016 Paderborn, Germany 1–0 11–0 Friendly44 7–045 8–046 9–047 22 October 2016 Regensburg, Germany 1–0 4–2 Friendly48 2–049 25 October 2016 Aalen, Germany 3–1 4–2 Friendly50 7 March 2017 Washington, D.C., United States 1–0 1–0 2017 SheBelieves Cup

Honours 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam Bundesliga: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 DFB-Pokal: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2004–05, 2009–10 DFB-Hallenpokal for women: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010

FC Rosengård Damallsvenskan: 2013, 2014 Svenska Supercupen: 2012, 2015

Germany FIFA Women's World Cup: 2007 UEFA Women's Championship: 2005, 2009, 2013 Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2008, Gold medal 2016 Algarve Cup: 2006, 2012, 2014

Germany U20 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2004

Germany U19 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 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: 2007, 2016

Records 2nd all-time UEFA women's club competition top scorer: 51 goals

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

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