Emma Kullberg
Kullberg with Umeå Södra FF in 2013
Personal information
Full name Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 16
Youth career
Umeå IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Umeå IK 9 (0)
2010 Mariehem SK 5 (2)
2011 Östers IF 21 (0)
2012 Vittsjö GIK 7 (0)
2013–2015 Umeå Södra FF 44 (2)
2016 Team TG FF 12 (3)
2017 Umeå IK 25 (4)
2018 Kungsbacka DFF 23 (2)
2019 KIF Örebro DFF 22 (0)
2020 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 (1)
2021 BK Häcken 20 (1)
2022– Brighton & Hove Albion 29 (0)
International career‡
2019– Sweden 12 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg (born 25 September 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English FA Women's Super League.[4] She previously played for the Damallsvenskan team BK Häcken. Kullberg made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in November 2019 and won a silver medal with the team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Club career

Kullberg transferred to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in October 2019, after a successful 2019 season with KIF Örebro DFF in which she played in all 22 Damallsvenskan matches and broke into the national team.[6]

In January 2022 she joined FA Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion. She signed an 18-month contract in a double transfer with team mate Julia Zigiotti Olme.[7] On 9 August 2023 she signed a new contract with Brighton.[8]

International career

On 7 November 2019 Kullberg made her senior Sweden debut, in a 3–2 friendly defeat by the United States in Columbus, Ohio.[9]

Kullberg was selected in Sweden's 2020 Summer Olympics squad, appearing as a late substitute in the final as Sweden lost to Canada on penalties.[10]

Private life

Kullberg lives together with Swedish footballer Julia Zigiotti Olme in a same-sex relationship.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Squad list - Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). Umeå IK. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "4 Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Brighton & Hove Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Emma Kullberg". Olympics.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Balkander, Mattias (30 October 2019). "Göteborg värvar landslagsmeriterad duo" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Emma Kullberg signs new contract". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kullberg med debut mot USA" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Emma Kullberg om OS-finalen: Det är klart det gör ont" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ↑ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
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