{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1991)}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Emma Kullberg |image = Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Manchester United Women 01 04 2023-664 (52787636648) (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = Kullberg with [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] in 2023 |fullname = Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf|title=Squad list - Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=7 July 2021|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-date=15 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015204200/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce5/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|9|25}} |birth_place = [[Umeå]], Sweden<ref>{{cite web |title=Emma Kullberg |url=https://www.umeaik.se/emma-kullberg/ |publisher=[[Umeå IK]] |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=Swedish |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501221944/https://www.umeaik.se/emma-kullberg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |height = 170cm<ref>{{cite web |title=4 Emma Kullberg |url=https://bkhacken.se/spelare/emma-kullberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501221942/https://bkhacken.se/spelare/emma-kullberg |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 May 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |publisher=[[BK Häcken]] |language=Swedish }}</ref> |currentclub = [[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus]] |clubnumber = 4 |position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = [[Umeå IK]] |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = |years1 = 2009–2010 |clubs1 = [[Umeå IK]] |caps1 = 9 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2010 |clubs2 = [[Mariehem SK]] |caps2 = 5 |goals2 = 2 |years3 = 2011 |clubs3 = [[Östers IF]] |caps3 = 21 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2012 |clubs4 = [[Vittsjö GIK]] |caps4 = 7 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2013–2015 |clubs5 = [[Umeå Södra FF]] |caps5 = 44 |goals5 = 2 |years6 = 2016 |clubs6 = [[Team TG FF]] |caps6 = 12 |goals6 = 3 |years7 = 2017 |clubs7 = [[Umeå IK]] |caps7 = 25 |goals7 = 4 |years8 = 2018 |clubs8 = [[Kungsbacka DFF]] |caps8 = 23 |goals8 = 2 |years9 = 2019 |clubs9 = [[KIF Örebro DFF]] |caps9 = 25 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2020 |clubs10 = [[Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC]] |caps10 = 22 |goals10 = 1 |years11 = 2021 |clubs11 = [[BK Häcken (women)|BK Häcken]] |caps11 = 20 |goals11 = 1 |years12 = 2022–2024 |clubs12 = [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] |caps12 = 53 |goals12 = 0 |years13 = 2024– |clubs13 = [[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus]] |caps13 = 48 |goals13 = 3 |nationalyears1 = 2019– |nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] |nationalcaps1 = 13 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 21:33, 29 November 2025 (UTC) |nationalteam-update = 7 June 2024 | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}} }}
'''Emma Nanny Charlotte Kullberg''' (born 25 September 1991) is a Swedish professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus]] of the Italian [[Serie A (women's football)|Serie A]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brighton & Hove Albion |url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/womens-team/players/111138/emma-kullberg?selectcompetition=-1 |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com |language=en}}</ref> She previously played for the [[Damallsvenskan]] team [[BK Häcken (women)|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 [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emma Kullberg |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/emma-kullberg |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
==Club career== Kullberg [[Transfer (association football)|transferred]] to [[Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC]] in October 2019, after a successful [[2019 Damallsvenskan|2019 season]] with [[KIF Örebro DFF]] in which she played in all 22 Damallsvenskan matches and broke into the national team.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balkander |first1=Mattias |title=Göteborg värvar landslagsmeriterad duo |url=https://www.gp.se/sport/fotboll/g%C3%B6teborg-v%C3%A4rvar-landslagsmeriterad-duo-1.19780296 |access-date=1 May 2021 |publisher=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=30 October 2019 |language=Swedish |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501221943/https://www.gp.se/sport/fotboll/g%C3%B6teborg-v%C3%A4rvar-landslagsmeriterad-duo-1.19780296 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kulberg won the [[2020 Damallsvenskan]] title with Kopparbergs/Göteborg and with the club retitled as [[BK Häcken (women)|BK Häcken]], lifted the 2020-21 Swedish Cup with them. In January 2022 she joined [[FA Women's Super League]] club [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]. She signed an 18-month contract in a double transfer with teammate [[Julia Zigiotti Olme]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Brighton sign Emma Kullberg & Julia Zigiotti Olme |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59840139 |access-date=1 January 2022 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=1 January 2022}}</ref> On 9 August 2023, after 30 appearances with Brighton, she signed a new contract with the club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Kullberg signs new contract|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/3622719/emma-kullberg-signs-new-contract/ |access-date=9 August 2023 |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion FC |date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
On 11 February 2024, as a substitute, Kullberg scored her debut goals for Brighton, a hat trick against [[Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanders]] in the [[Women's FA Cup|FA Cup]] for a 4–1 victory, with the winning goals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-10 |title=Women's FA Cup: Three games under way after Man City beat Arsenal |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/68020583 |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307182539/https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/68020583 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 5 June 2024, Brighton reported that Kullberg, alongside three other players, would leave when their contracts expire in June.<ref>{{cite news|title=Four players depart from women's first team squad|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/4032561/four-players-depart-from-womens-first-team-squad/|publisher=[[Brighton & Hove Albion]]|date=5 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024|archive-date=7 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607101717/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/4032561/four-players-depart-from-womens-first-team-squad/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 31 July 2024, Kullberg signed a one-year contract with [[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Emma Kullberg is Bianconera!|url=https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/emma-kullberg-is-bianconera|publisher=www.juventus.com|date=31 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024|archive-date=31 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731151237/https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/emma-kullberg-is-bianconera|url-status=live}}</ref>
==International career== On 7 November 2019 Kullberg made her senior [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] debut, in a 3–2 [[Exhibition game|friendly]] defeat by the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kullberg med debut mot USA |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2019/11/elvan-usa/ |access-date=1 May 2021 |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |date=8 November 2019 |language=Swedish |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221170512/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2019/11/elvan-usa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Kullberg was selected in Sweden's [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]] squad, appearing as a late [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in the [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Final|final]] as Sweden lost to [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] on [[Penalty shootout|penalties]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Emma Kullberg om OS-finalen: Det är klart det gör ont |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/emma-kullberg-om-os-finalen |access-date=1 January 2022 |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |date=9 August 2021 |language=Swedish |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101210938/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/emma-kullberg-om-os-finalen |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life == Emma Kullberg is the daughter of Swedish footballer [[Stephan Kullberg]] and sister to footballer [[Sanna Kullberg]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gasetten.se/malmo-ff/mffs-nya-lagkapten-sanna-kullberg-far-mota-sitt-gamla-lag-umea-ik-i-premiaren/ | title=MFF:s nya lagkapten Sanna Kullberg får möta sitt gamla lag Umeå IK i premiären | work=Gasetten | date=12 April 2024 | first=Ove | last=Törner }}</ref> Kullberg lives together with Swedish footballer [[Julia Zigiotti Olme]]. <ref>[https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/das-sind-die-50-lesbischen-stars-der-fussball-em-2022.html L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721201419/https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/das-sind-die-50-lesbischen-stars-der-fussball-em-2022.html |date=21 July 2022 }}, July 2022</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|match played 8 February 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cups !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2"|[[Umeå IK]] |[[2009 Damallsvenskan|2009]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |1||0||0||0||3||0||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !1!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0!!4!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Mariehem SK]] |[[2010 Damallsvenskan|2010]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |5||2||0||0||0||0||5||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !5!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!5!!2 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Östers IF]] |[[2011 Damallsvenskan|2011]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |21||0||0||0||0||0||21||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !21!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!21!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Vittsjö GIK]] |[[2012 Damallsvenskan|2012]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |7||0||1||0||0||0||8||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !7!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!8!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Umeå Södra FF]] |[[2013 Damallsvenskan|2013]] |rowspan="3"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |rowspan="3"|44||rowspan="3"|2||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|44||rowspan="3"|2 |- |[[2013 Damallsvenskan|2014]] |- |[[2015 Damallsvenskan|2015]] |- !colspan="2"|Total !44!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!44!!2 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Team TG FF]] |[[2016 Damallsvenskan|2016]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |12||3||0||0||0||0||12||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !12!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!12!!3 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Umeå IK]] |[[2017 Damallsvenskan|2017]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |25||4||0||0||0||0||25||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !25!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!4 |- |rowspan="2"|[[Kungsbacka DFF]] |[[2018 Damallsvenskan|2018]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |23||2||0||0||0||0||23||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!23!!2 |- |rowspan="2"|[[BK Häcken FF|Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC]] |[[2020 Damallsvenskan|2020]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |22||0||1||0||2||0||24||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !22!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0!!24!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|[[BK Häcken FF]] |[[2021 Damallsvenskan|2021]] |rowspan="1"|[[Damallsvenskan]] |20||1||4||0||5||0||29||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !20!!1!!4!!0!!5!!0!!29!!1 |- |rowspan="4"|[[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] |[[2021–22 FA WSL|2021-22]] |rowspan="3"|[[Women's Super League|WSL]] |13||0||1||0||0||0||14||0 |- |[[2022–23 FA WSL|2022-23]] |19||0||4||0||0||0||23||0 |- |[[2023–24 FA WSL|2023-24]] |21||0||7||3||0||0||28||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53!!0!!12!!3!!0!!0!!65!!3 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus]] |[[2024–25 Serie A (women)|2024–25]] |rowspan="2"|[[Serie A Femminile|Serie A]] |19||0||5||2||7||1||31||3 |- |[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus%20Football%20Club%202025-2026%20(femminile) 2025–26] |5||0||7||0||5||0||17||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !24!!0!!12!!2!!12!!1!!48!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !257!!14!!30!!5!!22!!1!!309!!20 |} ===International=== {{updated|match played 25 February 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="7"|[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] |2019||1||0 |- |2020||1||0 |- |2021||7||0 |- |2022||3||0 |- |2023||0||0 |- |2024||2||0 |- |2025||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||16||0 |} ==Honours== '''Kopparbergs/Göteborg''' * [[Damallsvenskan]]: [[2020 Damallsvenskan|2020]]
'''BK Häcken''' * [[Svenska Cupen (women)|Svenska Cupen]]: [[2020–21 Svenska Cupen Damer|2020–21]]
'''Juventus''' * [[Serie A (women's football)|Serie A]]: [[2024–25 Serie A (women)|2024–25]] * [[Coppa Italia (women)|Coppa Italia]]: [[2024–25 Coppa Italia (women)|2024–25]] * [[Serie A Women's Cup]]: [[2025 Serie A Women's Cup|2025]]<ref name="SC25">{{cite news|url=https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/late-winner-secures-bianconere-glory-in-the-serie-a-women-s-cup|title=Late winner secures Bianconere glory in the Serie A Women's Cup|date=2025-09-27|publisher=[[Juventus FC (women)|Juventus FC]]|access-date=2025-10-22}}</ref>
'''Sweden''' *[[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] runner-up: [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]] * [[Algarve Cup]]: [[2018 Algarve Cup|2018]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{SvFF player|id=afd0ef3e-1d8d-442a-b03e-a30b364dadfc}} * {{SvFF club player|id=afd0ef3e-1d8d-442a-b03e-a30b364dadfc}} * {{SvFF national player|id=afd0ef3e-1d8d-442a-b03e-a30b364dadfc}} * [https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/womens-team/players/111138/emma-kullberg Emma Kullberg] at Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website * {{Soccerway|emma-kullberg/78358}}
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