Emma Kullberg
Personal information | |||
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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 | |||
*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.