Julia_Zigiotti_Olme
Julia Zigiotti Olme
Swedish footballer
Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Sweden national football team. She previously played for the Damallsvenskan team BK Häcken.
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| Full name | Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Upplands Väsby, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (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 | 49 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Sweden U17 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Sweden U19 | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Sweden | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
A full international since 2018, Zigiotti Olme had represented her country at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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] On 9 August 2023 she signed a new contract with Brighton.[3]
Zigiotti Olme was first called up to the senior Sweden national team in September 2018. In May 2019 she was selected by Sweden for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4]
Zigiotti Olme is in a relationship with her club teammate and fellow Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg.[5] She was a childhood Juventus supporter, and she idolised Alessandro Del Piero.[6]
Club
- As of match played 28 April 2024.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bollstanäs SK | 2012 | Norretta | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Norra Svealand | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2014 | Elitettan | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 8 | |||
| Total | 44 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 17 | ||||
| AIK | 2014 | Damallsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | Damallsvenskan | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| Hammarby | 2015 | Damallsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Elitettan | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 9 | |||
| 2017 | Damallsvenskan | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 9 | |||
| 2018 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 5 | |||
| Total | 58 | 22 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 63 | 23 | ||||
| BK Häcken | 2018 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 17 | 10 | ||
| 2019 | Damallsvenskan | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2020 | Damallsvenskan | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2021 | Damallsvenskan | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 71 | 16 | 13 | 6 | — | 7 | 0 | 91 | 22 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 63 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 243 | 63 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 286 | 73 | ||
- Includes Svenska Cupen Damer and Women's FA Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Sweden | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 5 December 2023 | La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain |  Spain | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
- "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.
- "Julia Zigiotti signs new contract". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- "Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad" [Gerhardsson's World Cup squad presented] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Nilsson, Jonathan (21 September 2018). "Anfallstalangen om landslaget: "Kom som en chock"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Julia Zigiotti-Olme soccerway profile". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- Source
- "Julia Zigiotti Olme - Player statistics - Swedish Football". Swedish National Team. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- Julia Zigiotti Olme – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Julia Zigiotti Olme at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- J. Olme at Soccerway
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