Emma Kullberg

Emma Kullberg
Kullberg with Umeå Södra FF in 2013
Personal information
Full name Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg
Date of birth 25 September 1991
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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 32 (0)
International career
2019– Sweden 12 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 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. 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.

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.

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. On 9 August 2023 she signed a new contract with Brighton.

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.

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.

Private life

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