Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Sweden women's national team. She played for the

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

team

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

and

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club

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. A full international since 2018, Zigiotti Olme had represented her country at the

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Club career

In January 2022 she joined

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club

after three seasons with

(known as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC prior to

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). She signed an 18-month contract in a double transfer with teammate Emma Kullberg. On 9 August 2023 she signed a new contract with Brighton. On 24 July 2024 it was announced that she had left Brighton after the expiry of her contract. She signed later a two-year contract with

International career

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

Personal life

Zigiotti Olme is in a relationship with her former club teammate and fellow Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg. She was a childhood

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supporter, and she idolised

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

BK Häcken *

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: 2019 Bayern Munich *

: 2024–25 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 2024–25 *

DFB-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (English: German Footbal ...

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References

External links

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at the FC Bayern Munich website * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zigiotti Olme, Julia 1997 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Women's association football forwards 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players AIK Fotboll (women) players Damallsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players BK Häcken FF players Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players Women's Super League players FC Bayern Munich (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Expatriate women's footballers in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish people of Italian descent People from Upplands Väsby Municipality Footballers from Stockholm County Swedish lesbian sportswomen Swedish LGBTQ footballers 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 21st-century Swedish sportswomen Bollstanäs SK players UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players