Julia Zigiotti Olme
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Julia Zigiotti Olme
| fullname = Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Sweden |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |publisher=FIFA |access-date=27 May 2019 |page=22 |date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606143649/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |url-status=dead }}
| image = Julia Zigiotti Olme Brighton & Hove Albion Women 01 04 2023-349 (sq cropped).jpg
| caption= Zigiotti Olme with Brighton in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|24}}
| birth_place = Upplands Väsby, Sweden
| height = 160 cm
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Bayern Munich
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Bollstanäs SK
| years1 = 2012–2014
| clubs1 = Bollstanäs SK
| caps1 = 44
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = AIK
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2016–2018
| clubs3 = Hammarby
| caps3 = 58
| goals3 = 22
| years4 = 2018–2021
| clubs4 = BK Häcken
| caps4 = 71
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = Brighton & Hove Albion
| caps5 = 51
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Bayern Munich
| caps6 = 16
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2016
| nationalyears3 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Sweden U17
| nationalteam2 = Sweden U19
| nationalteam3 = Sweden
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalcaps2 = 18
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalcaps3 = 43
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| pcupdate = 21:29, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 21:29, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's soccer}}
{{Medal|Country| {{SWE}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2019 France|Team}}
}}
Julia Margareta Zigiotti Olme (born 24 December 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Sweden women's national team.
She played for the Damallsvenskan team BK Häcken and Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
A full international since 2018, Zigiotti Olme had represented her country 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 teammate Emma Kullberg.{{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}} On 9 August 2023 she signed a new contract with Brighton.{{cite news |title=Julia Zigiotti signs new contract|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/3622713/julia-zigiotti-signs-new-contract/ |access-date=9 August 2023 |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion FC |date=9 August 2023}}
On 24 July 2024 it was announced that she had left Brighton after the expiry of her contract.{{cite news |title=Julia Zigiotti Leaves Albion|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/modals/en/media-article-popup/wft-news-transfer-news-julia-zigiotti-leaves-albion |access-date=24 July 2024 |publisher=Brighton & Hove Albion FC |date=24 July 2024}}
She signed later a two-year contract with Bayern Munich.{{cite web |title=FC Bayern Women sign Julia Zigiotti Olme |url=https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/news/2024/07/fc-bayern-women-sign-julia-zigiotti-olme |website=fcbayern.com |publisher=FC Bayern München |access-date=30 July 2024 |date=30 July 2024}}
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 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2019/5/dam-vm-trupp/|title=Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad|trans-title=Gerhardsson's World Cup squad presented|language=Swedish|publisher=Swedish Football Association|date=16 May 2019|access-date=19 May 2019}}
Personal life
Zigiotti Olme is in a relationship with her former club teammate and fellow Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg.[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)], July 2022 She was a childhood Juventus supporter, and she idolised Alessandro Del Piero.{{cite news |last1=Nilsson |first1=Jonathan |date=21 September 2018 |title=Anfallstalangen om landslaget: "Kom som en chock" |publisher=Aftonbladet |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/wEGbwP/anfallstalangen-om-landslaget-kom-som-en-chock |access-date=19 May 2019}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 11 May 2025}}.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/julia-zigiotti-olme/255690/|access-date=30 August 2024|title=Julia Zigiotti Olme soccerway profile}}
| 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" |National Cup{{efn|Includes Svenska Cupen Damer, Women's FA Cup and DFB-Pokal}} ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Continental ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4" |Bollstanäs SK
|2012 |5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2013
|14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2014
|25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 26 | 8 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!44 | 17 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 46 | 17 | |||
| rowspan="3" |AIK
|2014 |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015
|Damallsvenskan |21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 22 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 23 | 5 | |||
| rowspan="5" |Hammarby
|2015 |Damallsvenskan |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016
|Elitettan |25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 25 | 9 | |||
| 2017
|Damallsvenskan |22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 26 | 9 | |||
| 2018
|Damallsvenskan |11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 11 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!58 | 22 | 5 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 63 | 23 | |||
| rowspan="5" |BK Häcken
|2018 |Damallsvenskan |11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 17 | 10 | |||
| 2019
|Damallsvenskan |22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2 | |0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2020
|Damallsvenskan |20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | colspan=2|— | 0 | |0 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2021
|Damallsvenskan |18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5 | |0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!71 | 16 | 13 | 6 | colspan=2|— | 7 | 0 | 91 | 22 | ||
| rowspan="4" |Brighton & Hove Albion
|11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23
|Women's Super League |20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24
|Women's Super League |20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!51 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 65 | 6 | ||
| Bayern Munich
|16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!261 | 63 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 313 | 74 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 3 June 2025}}{{cite web |title=Julia Zigiotti Olme - Player statistics - Swedish Football |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/7071685f-a8c6-4b4e-b73a-ca05497a64a7/ |website=Swedish National Team |access-date=7 June 2025 |language=Swedish}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8" |Sweden
|2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" |Total | 43 | 2 |
International goals
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 December 2023 | La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain | {{fbw|ESP}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 3–5 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| align="center"| 2.
|{{Sortdate|2024|10|29|format=dmy}} |Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |{{Fbw|Luxembourg}} |align="center"|4–0 |align="center"|8–0 |
Honours
BK Häcken
- Damallsvenskan: 2020
- Svenska Cupen: 2019
Bayern Munich
- Frauen-Bundesliga: 2024–25
- DFB-Pokal: 2024–25
- DFB-Supercup: 2024{{cite web |title=Google Pixel Supercup der Frauen, 2024, Finale |url=https://www.dfb.de/google-pixel-supercup-der-frauen/finale/?spieledb_path=%2Fdatencenter%2Fgoogle-pixel-supercup-der-frauen%2F2024%2Ffinale%2Fbayern-muenchen-vfl-wolfsburg-2375436 |website=dfb.de | date=15 May 2024 |publisher=Deutscher Fußball-Bund |access-date=26 August 2024}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://fcbayern.com/frauen/en/teams/first-team/julia-zigiotte-olme Profile] at the FC Bayern Munich website
- {{UEFA|250062528}}
- {{SvFF player|id=7071685f-a8c6-4b4e-b73a-ca05497a64a7|fid=583961}}
- {{Soccerway|julia-zigiotti-olme/255690|J. Olme}}
- {{worldfootball.net}}
{{FC Bayern Munich (women) squad}}
{{Sweden squad 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Sweden squad UEFA Women's Euro 2025}}
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Category:Swedish women's footballers
Category:Sweden women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:AIK Fotboll (women) players
Category:Damallsvenskan players
Category:Hammarby Fotboll (women) players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
Category:Women's Super League players
Category:FC Bayern Munich (women) players
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in England
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