Julia Zigiotti Olme

Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English FA Women's Super League. She previously played for the Damallsvenskan team BK Häcken. Zigiotti Olme made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in October 2018 and appeared at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Julia Zigiotti Olme
Personal information
Full name Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997
Place of birth Upplands Väsby, Sweden
Height 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 10
Youth career
Bollstanäs SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Bollstanäs SK 44 (17)
2015 AIK 21 (4)
2016–2018 Hammarby 58 (22)
2018–2021 BK Häcken 71 (16)
2022– Brighton & Hove Albion 12 (1)
International career‡
2014 Sweden U17 6 (2)
2014–2016 Sweden U19 18 (3)
2018– Sweden 20 (0)
Honours
Women's soccer
Representing  Sweden
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019 FranceTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

In January 2022 she joined FA Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion after three seasons with BK Häcken (known as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC prior to 2021). She signed an 18-month contract in a double transfer with team mate Emma Kullberg.[2]

International career

Zigiotti Olme was "in shock" to be called up to the senior Sweden national team in September 2018. She was pleased that one of the opponents were Italy, as her mother is Italian. Zigiotti Olme was a childhood Juventus supporter, and she idolised Alessandro Del Piero.[3] In May 2019 she was selected by Sweden for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]

Private life

Zigiotti Olme is in a relationship with her club teammate and fellow Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg.[5]

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. Nilsson, Jonathan (21 September 2018). "Anfallstalangen om landslaget: "Kom som en chock"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. "Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad" [Gerhardsson's World Cup squad presented] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
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