Emma Kullberg

Emma Kullberg
Kullberg with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023
Personal information
Full name Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 4
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 25 (0)
2020 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 (1)
2021 BK Häcken 20 (1)
2022–2024 Brighton & Hove Albion 53 (0)
2024– Juventus 48 (3)
International career‡
2019– Sweden 13 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:33, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2024

Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg (born 25 September 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Juventus of the Italian Serie A.[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]

Kulberg won the 2020 Damallsvenskan title with Kopparbergs/Göteborg and with the club retitled as BK Häcken, lifted the 2020-21 Swedish Cup with them.

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 teammate Julia Zigiotti Olme.[7] On 9 August 2023, after 30 appearances with Brighton, she signed a new contract with the club.[8]

On 11 February 2024, as a substitute, Kullberg scored her debut goals for Brighton, a hat trick against Wolverhampton Wanders in the FA Cup for a 4–1 victory, with the winning goals.[9]

On 5 June 2024, Brighton reported that Kullberg, alongside three other players, would leave when their contracts expire in June.[10]

On 31 July 2024, Kullberg signed a one-year contract with Juventus.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

Personal life

Emma Kullberg is the daughter of Swedish footballer Stephan Kullberg and sister to footballer Sanna Kullberg.[14] Kullberg lives together with Swedish footballer Julia Zigiotti Olme. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Umeå IK 2009 Damallsvenskan 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Total 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Mariehem SK 2010 Damallsvenskan 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
Total 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
Östers IF 2011 Damallsvenskan 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Total 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Vittsjö GIK 2012 Damallsvenskan 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Total 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Umeå Södra FF 2013 Damallsvenskan 44 2 0 0 0 0 44 2
2014
2015
Total 44 2 0 0 0 0 44 2
Team TG FF 2016 Damallsvenskan 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 3
Total 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 3
Umeå IK 2017 Damallsvenskan 25 4 0 0 0 0 25 4
Total 25 4 0 0 0 0 25 4
Kungsbacka DFF 2018 Damallsvenskan 23 2 0 0 0 0 23 2
Total 23 2 0 0 0 0 23 2
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2020 Damallsvenskan 22 0 1 0 2 0 24 0
Total 22 0 1 0 2 0 24 0
BK Häcken FF 2021 Damallsvenskan 20 1 4 0 5 0 29 1
Total 20 1 4 0 5 0 29 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 2021-22 WSL 13 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
2022-23 19 0 4 0 0 0 23 0
2023-24 21 0 7 3 0 0 28 3
Total 53 0 12 3 0 0 65 3
Juventus 2024–25 Serie A 19 0 5 2 7 1 31 3
2025–26 5 0 7 0 5 0 17 0
Total 24 0 12 2 12 1 48 3
Career total 257 14 30 5 22 1 309 20

International

As of match played 25 February 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2019 1 0
2020 1 0
2021 7 0
2022 3 0
2023 0 0
2024 2 0
2025 2 0
Total 16 0

Honours

Kopparbergs/Göteborg

BK Häcken

Juventus

Sweden

References

  1. ^ "Squad list - Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). Umeå IK. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "4 Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. 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. ^ "Women's FA Cup: Three games under way after Man City beat Arsenal". BBC Sport. 10 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Four players depart from women's first team squad". Brighton & Hove Albion. 5 June 2024. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Emma Kullberg is Bianconera!". www.juventus.com. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Kullberg med debut mot USA" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Emma Kullberg om OS-finalen: Det är klart det gör ont" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  14. ^ Törner, Ove (12 April 2024). "MFF:s nya lagkapten Sanna Kullberg får möta sitt gamla lag Umeå IK i premiären". Gasetten.
  15. ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German) Archived 21 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, July 2022
  16. ^ "Late winner secures Bianconere glory in the Serie A Women's Cup". Juventus FC. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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