Julia Zigiotti Olme
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| Full name | Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Upplands Väsby, Sweden | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Sweden U17 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Sweden U19 | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Sweden | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:40, 12 April 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
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.
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 lives together with Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg in a same-sex relationship.[5]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme". BBC Sport. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Nilsson, Jonathan (21 September 2018). "Anfallstalangen om landslaget: "Kom som en chock"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad" [Gerhardsson's World Cup squad presented] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
External links
- Julia Zigiotti Olme – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Julia Zigiotti Olme at SvFF (in Swedish)
- Julia Zigiotti Olme national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish)
- J. Olme at Soccerway
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