Personal information | |||
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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(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.[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]
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.[6]
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.[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 7 November 2019 Kullberg made her senior Sweden debut, in a 3–2 friendly defeat by the United States in Columbus, Ohio.[10]
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.[11]
Kullberg lives together with Swedish footballer Julia Zigiotti Olme in a same-sex relationship.[12]