Emma Kullberg

Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg (born 25 September 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English FA Women's Super League. 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.

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 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 17
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 9 (0)
National team‡
2019– Sweden 9 (0)
Honours
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:09, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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. Balkander, Mattias (30 October 2019). "Göteborg värvar landslagsmeriterad duo" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. "Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. "Kullberg med debut mot USA" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. "Emma Kullberg om OS-finalen: Det är klart det gör ont" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.


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