Julia Zigiotti Olme

Early career

Zigiotti Olme joined the youth ranks of Bollstanäs SK in her home locality of Upplands Väsby, making her senior debut in her mid-teens. Between 2014 and 2018, she played with AIK and Hammarby in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.

BK Häcken

Zigiotti Olme joined Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC from Hammarby in 2018. In November 2020, Zigiotti Olme won the Damallsvenskan with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, the club's first league title. Just days after the win, the club announced its plans to cease operations. This decision was shortly reversed, but the club became part of BK Häcken, operating under the name Bollklubben Häcken Fotbollsförening (BK Häcken FF). Zigiotti Olme underwent surgery on both hips in December 2020, and was sidelined for six months. In October 2021, Zigiotti Olme was on the bench as Häcken missed out on a chance to win their second Damallsvenskan title; her agent alleged that she was excluded from the match because she had not signed a new contract with the club.

Brighton & Hove Albion

In January 2022, she joined Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion on an 18-month contract in a double transfer with international teammate (and partner) Emma Kullberg. She was named Player's Player of the Season for her performance in the 2022–23 campaign. She captained the club during the latter part of the season before losing the armband under new head coach Melissa Phillips. On 9 August 2023, she signed a new contract with Brighton. On 24…

Zigiotti Olme was first called up to the senior Sweden national team in September 2018. In May 2019, she was called up to the Swedish team for the 2019 Women's World Cup. Sweden beat England to claim third-place at the tournament. She was not called up to team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 Women's Euro or the 2023 Women's World Cup. Zigiotti Olme represented Sweden at the 2025 Women's Euro tournament in Switzerland, where Sweden were eliminated in the quarter-finals through a 2–3 penalty shootout loss to eventual champions England. Only Zigiotti Olme and Nathalie Björn scored their penalties for Sweden, with Player of the Match Hannah Hampton making two saves and five Swedish players recording misses.

Club

As of match played 19 September 2026.

International

As of match played 9 June 2026

Zigiotti Olme has an Italian mother and a Swedish father. She has always intended to play for Sweden internationally, and plays with her mother's surname to honour her Italian side. She was a childhood Juventus supporter, and idolised Alessandro Del Piero. Zigiotti Olme was in a relationship with her Häcken and Brighton teammate and fellow Swedish footballer Emma Kullberg. The pair became engaged in 2022, but appeared to have split by 2025.