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]
_(cropped).jpg) Kullberg with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1991 | ||
| 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 | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:33, 29 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2024 | |||
Club career
editKullberg 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
editOn 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
editEmma 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 8 February 2026
| 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
edit- As of match played 25 February 2025
| 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
editReferences
edit- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). Umeå IK. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ↑ "4 Emma Kullberg" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ↑ "Brighton & Hove Albion". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "Emma Kullberg". Olympics.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ "Emma Kullberg signs new contract". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Emma Kullberg is Bianconera!". www.juventus.com. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Törner, Ove (12 April 2024). "MFF:s nya lagkapten Sanna Kullberg får möta sitt gamla lag Umeå IK i premiären". Gasetten.
- ↑ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German) Archived 21 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine, July 2022
- ↑ "Late winner secures Bianconere glory in the Serie A Women's Cup". Juventus FC. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
External links
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- Emma Kullberg at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Emma Kullberg club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Emma Kullberg national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Emma Kullberg at Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website
- Emma Kullberg at Soccerway